Firmness of developing apples on the tree and shortly after harvest measured with the acoustic impulse response technique

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 600, Issue , 2003, Pages 63-70

  Landahl, S ^a   Jancsok P T ^a   De Baerdemaeker, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Colour; Elasticity; Malus domestica; Maturity; Non destructive; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649475593     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.600.5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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