Evaluation of pear firmness by dynamic characteristics of drop impact

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1449-1454

  Wang, Jun ^a   Ying, Tiejing ^a   Cheng, Kuchuan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic; Firmness; Pear; Resonant frequency

Indexed keywords

PYRUS;

EID: 34249820548     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2781     Document Type: Article

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