A portable device for the bioyield detection to measure apple firmness

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 517-523

  Lu, Renfu ^a   Tipper, Nicolas C ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Apple; Bioyield; Firmness; Fruit; Nondestructive sensing

Indexed keywords

APPLE; APPLE FIRMNESS; APPLE FRUITS; BIO-YIELD FORCE; BIOYIELD; COMPRESSIVE LOADING; CONTROL UNIT; FIRMNESS; FRUIT FIRMNESS; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE SENSING; PORTABLE DEVICE; POSTHARVEST; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

CELL MEMBRANES; FORCE MEASUREMENT; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TELLURIC PROSPECTING;

FRUITS;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 70350295819     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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