Addressing potential sources of variation in several non-destructive techniques for measuring firmness in apples

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-46

  Molina Delgado, D ^a   Alegre, S ^b   Barreiro, P ^c   Valero, C ^c   Ruiz Altisent, M ^c   Recasens, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPULSE RESPONSE; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; TEXTURES;

ACOUSTIC IMPULSE RESPONSE; ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; CONTACT MEASUREMENTS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SOURCES OF VARIATION;

FRUITS;

EID: 68349098951     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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