Near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) of intact seeds allows the non-destructive estimation of seed quality parameters which is highly desirable in plant breeding. Together with yield, oil content and quality, a main aim in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) breeding is the selection of genotypes with a low percentage of empty seeds even under cooler climates. We developed NIRS calibra...

The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) to determine nutrient concentrations in dairy manures. We assayed diverse dairy manures (n = 107), collected from dairy farms in the northeastern United States (CT, MD, NY, PA, and VA) by conventional means and NIRS for total C, total N, NH3-N, moisture, P, K, and pH. Samples we...

in this research, cobalt and nickel sulfide nanoparticles (nps) were grown on almcm-41 matrix by using ion exchange method. the prepared samples were irradiated by thermalized neutron that emitted from am-be source up to fluencies (7.9+e9n/cm2). after that, x-ray diffraction (xrd), uv-vis spectroscopy, fourier transform infrared (ftir), scanning electron microscopy (sem) and transmission electr...

Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) is an emerging rapid and non-destructive technology that has promising application within feed mills processing plants in poultry other intensive animal industries. HSI may be advantageous over near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) as it scans entire samples, which enables compositional gradients sample heterogenicity to visualised analysed. This study was a preliminary ...

Propagation of light in a highly scattering medium such as biological tissue is difficult to study. For complex geometry and multilayer structures computer simulation has to be used for light transport analysis. A Monte Carlo model of light propagation in tissue has been applied for the purpose of better understanding of the results of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) measurements in experimen...

For the efficient selection of high-quality rice varieties, near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) technique has been widely applied to detect constituents in single kernels. Compared with other constituents, amylose content (AC) and fat (FC) are key parameters that can affect quality rice. Based on two modified AC FC trace detection methods, NIRS methods kernels were developed. Using proposed group...