Potential of near infrared spectroscopy for non-destructive estimation of soluble solids in growing melons

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 566, Issue , 2001, Pages 483-486

  Ito, H ^a   Morimoto, S ^b   Yamauchi, R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KUBOTA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

A portable instrument; Brix; Cucumis melo; Harvest time; Intact; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 3843093493     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.566.62     Document Type: Conference Paper

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