Prediction of the optimum harvest time of 'Scarlet' apples using DR-UV-Vis and NIR spectroscopy

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-23

  Bertone, E ^a   Venturello, A ^a   Leardi, R ^b   Geobaldo, F ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Harvest date; Multivariate calibration; Near infrared spectroscopy; PLS; Ripening parameters; UV Vis analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858716374     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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