Acoustic measurement of avocado firmness during low temperature storage: Effect of storage temperature

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 604, Issue , 2003, Pages 323-329

  Estrada Flores, S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Avocado quality; Firmness; Non destructive; Storage; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879609823     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.604.34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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