Research advances in nondestructive determination of internal quality in watermelon/melon: A review

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 569-577

  Sun, Tong ^a   Huang, Kang ^a   Xu, Huirong ^a   Ying, Yibin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Internal quality; Melon; Nondestructive determination; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYNAMIC TECHNOLOGIES; INTERNAL DEFECTS; INTERNAL QUALITY; MAGNETIC TECHNOLOGIES; NONDESTRUCTIVE DETERMINATION; ON-LINE MEASUREMENT; SOLUBLE SOLIDS CONTENT; VIS/NIR SPECTROSCOPY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

ACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY;

CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS;

EID: 77955423263     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2010.05.019     Document Type: Review

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