Multicolor fluorescence images and fluorescence ratio images of green apples at harvest and during storage

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 97-106

  Lichtenthaler, Hartmut K ^a   Langsdorf, Gabriele ^a   Buschmann, Claus ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

blue green fluorescence; chlorophyll fluorescence

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; FRUIT; HARVESTING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT LOSS; RIPENING; STORAGE;

EID: 84874268479     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJPS.60.1-2.97     Document Type: Article

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