Instrumentation and procedures for commercial non-destructive determination of firmness of various fruits

2005 ASAE Annual International Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Ruiz Altisent, Margarita ^a   Ortiz Canavate, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoustic response; Fruit firmness; Impact response; Internal quality; Non destructive techniques

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RESPONSE; FRUIT FIRMNESS; IMPACT RESPONSE; INTERNAL QUALITY; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUES;

ACOUSTICS; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; INSTRUMENTS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

FRUITS;

EID: 70349153826     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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