Nondestructive methods for determining the firmness of apple fruit flesh

Nondestructive Firmness Estimation of Tomato Fruit Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Today, nondestructive methods are widely used to determine the quality of agricultural products. Meanwhile, visible and near-infrared (Vis/NIR) spectroscopy is regarded as one of the most widely used methods in the field of quality assessment of agricultural products. In this study, a system was developed to measure the Vis/NIR spectra of tomato fruit samples in the half-transmittance mode of m...

A FRUITFULL - like gene is associated with genetic variation for fruit flesh firmness in apple ( Malus domestica

Relationship between nondestructive firmness measurements and commercially important ripening fruit stages for peaches, nectarines and plums

Relationship between nondestructive firmness measurements and commercially important ripening fruit stages for peaches, nectarines and plums Constantino Valero a, Carlos H. Crisosto b,∗, David Slaughter c a Departamento de Ingenierı́a Rural, Universidad Politécnica Madrid, Av. Complutense, Madrid 28040, Spain b Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Dav...

Analysis of spatially resolved hyperspectral scattering images for assessing apple fruit firmness and soluble solids content

Hyperspectral scattering is a promising technique for nondestructive sensing of multiple quality attributes of apple fruit. This research evaluated nd compared different mathematical models for describing the hyperspectral scattering profiles over the spectral region between 450 nm and 000 nm in order to select an optimal model for predicting fruit firmness and soluble solids content (SSC) of ‘...

Multispectral imaging for predicting firmness and soluble solids content of apple fruit

Firmness and soluble solids content (SSC) are important quality attributes for apples and many other fresh fruits. This research investigated the feasibility of using multispectral imaging to quantify light backscattering profiles from apple fruit for predicting firmness and SSC. Spectral images of the backscattering of light at the fruit surface, which were generated from a focused broadband b...