Mechanical bruising of young coconut

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 211-219

  Kitthawee, Udomsak ^a,b,c   Pathaveerat, Siwalak ^a,b,c   Srirungruang, Tanarat ^d   Slaughter, David ^e  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b PHTIC   (Thailand)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Nakohn Sawan Rajaphat University   (Thailand)

^e Univ of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE;

COMPRESSIVE FORCES; GOOD CORRELATIONS; IMPACT ENERGY; MINIMUM ENERGY; POSTHARVEST; RETAIL MARKET; THAILAND; THRESHOLD LIMITS;

FRUITS;

EID: 79957882285     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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