A handheld, low-mass, impact instrument to measure nondestructive firmness of fruit

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 193-199

  Slaughter, David C ^a   Ruiz Altisent, Margarita ^b   Thompson, James F ^c   Chen, Pictiaw ^c   Sarig, Yoav ^c   Anderson, Matthew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fruit quality; Maturity; Nondestructive firmness; Pears; Sensing

Indexed keywords

FRUIT QUALITY; MATURITY; NONDESTRUCTIVE FIRMNESS; PEARS; SENSING;

SENSORS;

FRUITS;

FRUIT; MATURATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; NUTRITIVE VALUE; ORCHARD; SENSOR;

PYRUS;

EID: 60749088295     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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