Quality assessment using ultrasound

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Mizrach, Amos ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Firmness; Fruits; Nondestructive; Postharvest; Shelf life; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 55049137409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2008.5.4     Document Type: Review

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