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Mechanical characterisation of banana fruits
Fecha
2008Registro en:
FRUITS, v.63, n.1, p.51-52, 2008
0248-1294
10.1051/fruits:2007045
Autor
CHILLET, Marc
BELLAIRE, Luc de Lapeyre de
HUBERT, Olivier
MBEGUIE-A-MBEGUIE, Didier
Institución
Resumen
Introduction. This protocol aims at measuring the mechanical characteristics of bananas, especially peel and fruit hardness, and pulp firmness; it can also allow the mechanical characterisation of green or ripening fruit of different pedo-climatic origins and/or varieties. Materials and methods. This part describes the required laboratory materials and the three steps necessary for the measurement of the mechanical characteristics of bananas. Results. The data allow the drawing of a curve characterising the firmness of the fruit (slope), hardness of the peel (peak) and hardness of the pulp (plateau).