Maturity sorting index of dragon fruit: Hylocereus polyrhizus

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-416

  Wanitchang, Jaitip ^a   Terdwongworakul, Anupun ^a   Wanitchang, Padungsak ^a   Noypitak, Sirinad ^a  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Dragon fruit; Maturity; Non destructive; Pitaya

Indexed keywords

COLOR VALUES; FRUIT MATURITY; FRUIT SETS; LIGHT REFLECTANCE; MATURITY INDICES; NON DESTRUCTIVE; PARTIAL LEAST-SQUARES REGRESSION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SPECIFIC WEIGHTS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STANDARD ERROR OF PREDICTION; TOTAL SOLUBLE SOLIDS; WEIGHT RATIOS;

FORECASTING; FRUITS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REFLECTION;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

HYLOCEREUS POLYRHIZUS; STENOCEREUS STELLATUS;

EID: 77953614697     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2010.04.025     Document Type: Article

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