Nondestructive ultrasonic monitoring of tomato quality during shelf-life storage

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-274

  Mizrach, Amos ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Firmness; Lycopersicon esculentum; Nondestructive; Quality; Ripeness; Sugar content; Tomato; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 35349017424     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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