Predicting pitting damage during processing in Californian clingstone peaches using color and firmness measurements

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-194

  Crisosto, Carlos H ^a   Valero, Constantino ^b   Slaughter, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Color; Firmness; Nondestructive; Peach; Pitting

Indexed keywords

COLORIMETRY; DAMAGE DETECTION; FORECASTING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; ROCKS;

CLINGSTONE PEACHES; FIRMNESS MEASUREMENTS; NONDESTRUCTIVE FIRMNESS;

PITTING;

PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 34248397719     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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