A low-cost device for accurate and continuous measurements of fruit diameter

HortScience

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1380-1382

  Morandi, Brunella ^a   Manfrini, Luigi ^a   Zibordi, Marco ^a   Noferini, Massimo ^a   Fiori, Giovanni ^a   Grappadelli, Luca Corelli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fruit gauge; Fruit growth; Linear potentiometer; Prunus persica

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; POTENTIOMETERS (ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORS; STAINLESS STEEL;

FRUIT GAUGE; FRUIT GROWTH; LINEAR POTENTIOMETERS; STANDARD DEVIATIONS;

FRUITS;

FRUITS; POTENTIOMETERS; PRUNUS; SENSORS; STAINLESS STEEL;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 34648816416     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.42.6.1380     Document Type: Article

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