Comparison and fusion of four nondestructive sensors for predicting apple fruit firmness and soluble solids content

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 73, Issue , 2012, Pages 89-98

  Mendoza, Fernando ^a   Lu, Renfu ^a   Cen, Haiyan ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic sensor; Apples; Bioyield force; Firmness; Hyperspectral scattering; Multi sensor fusion; Near infrared spectroscopy; Soluble solids content

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84863195597     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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