Evaluation of the internal quality of agricultural products using acoustic vibration techniques

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-128

  Taniwaki, Mitsuru ^a,b   Sakurai, Naoki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic vibtration; Nondestructive measurement; Postharvest quality evaluation; Texture measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951619667     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: 1882336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs1.79.113     Document Type: Review

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