Non-destructive determination of the optimum eating ripeness of pears and their texture measurements using acoustical vibration techniques

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 305-310

  Taniwaki, Mitsuru ^a   Hanada, Takanori ^a   Tohro, Minami ^b   Sakurai, Naoki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Applied Vibro Acoustics Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fruit ripening; Laser Doppler vibrometer; Piezoelectric sensor; Storage

Indexed keywords

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 58749095658     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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