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FRUIT FIRMNESS AND SKIN RESISTANCE OF PROCESSING TOMATO VARIETIES TESTED IN BADAJOZ (SPAIN), RELATED TO MECHANICAL HARVESTING
Article number
100_30
Pages
281 – 296
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Abstract
Determinations of resistance to damage were carried out in a total of 31 tomato varieties for processing, with the purpose of choosing the most suitable ones for mechanical harvesting.
The characteristics studied include: puncture, deformation and rupture of the fruits, the ease of detachment of the fruits also being determined.
Seventeen varieties were chosen, for further tests, with values 0.76 to 1.72 N of resistance to puncture; 3 to 9 N/mm of resistance to compression and 2.16 to 29.40 N resistance to detachment.
The characteristics studied include: puncture, deformation and rupture of the fruits, the ease of detachment of the fruits also being determined.
Seventeen varieties were chosen, for further tests, with values 0.76 to 1.72 N of resistance to puncture; 3 to 9 N/mm of resistance to compression and 2.16 to 29.40 N resistance to detachment.
Authors
M. Ruiz Altisent, J. Ortiz-Cañavate, J. Juste Pérez, A. Rodriguez del Rincón
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