Detection of early apple bruises using pulsed-phase thermography

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 91-100

  Baranowski, Piotr ^a   Mazurek, Wojciech ^a   Witkowska Walczak, Barbara ^a   Sławiński, Cezary ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGROPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apple bruise detection; Heat conduction in fruit; Pulsed phase thermography

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 67649743398     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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