Non-destructive quality determination of pecans using soft X-rays

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 372-380

  Kotwaliwale, Nachiket ^a   Weckler, Paul R ^b   Brusewitz, Gerald H ^b   Kranzler, Glenn A ^b   Maness, Niels O ^b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING   (India)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Image processing; Non destructive testing; Pecan; Radiograph; X rays

Indexed keywords

CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34447645106     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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