Characterization of cucumber cultivars by mechanical stress distributions during the compression process

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-121

  Dan, Haruka ^a   Kohyama, Kaoru ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Failure; Fracture; Structure; Texture; Tissue

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 34147144952     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6090/jarq.41.115     Document Type: Review

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