Evaluation of methods for testing fruit strength in red raspberry

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 505, Issue , 1999, Pages 87-91

  Cook, Fred M ^a   Fear, Carlos D ^a  

^a Sweetbriar Development Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Fruit strength; Puncture; Shipment; Transport simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879634254     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1999.505.10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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