Assessment of sugar and starch in intact banana and mango fruit by SWNIR spectroscopy

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 238-245

  Subedi, P P ^a   Walsh, K B ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fruit quality; Maturity index; Near infrared spectroscopy; Non invasive; Ripening

Indexed keywords

MANGIFERA INDICA; MUSA ACUMINATA;

EID: 80053644196     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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