Time-resolved reflectance spectroscopy can detect internal defects in pears

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 599, Issue , 2003, Pages 359-365

  Zerbini, Paola Eccher ^a   Grassi, Maurizio ^a   Cubeddu, Rinaldo ^b   Pifferi, Antonio ^b   Torricelli, Alessandro ^b  

^a CRA Istituto Sperimentale per la Valorizzazione dei Prodotti Agricoli   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brown heart; Maturity; Mechanical damage; Non destructive methods; Over ripening; Pyrus communis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959840937     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

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