Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) was evaluated for its accuracy in analyzing the nutritive value of tropical grass hays made by Florida livestock producers. From 1982 to 1987, a unique set of producer hays was obtained representing four tropical grass species, and an unknown range of maturities, fertilization schemes, weather conditions, and hay making and storage procedures. Gener...

Abstract This study aimed to apply the near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) for a robust and fast detection method fraudulence in patchouli oil plant. Pure sample adulterated with ethanol were used as samples this work. Spectral data form of transmittance acquired wavenumbers range from 400 4000 cm −1 . A total 60 mixed using six difference concentration while 10 remaining pure without...

Current methods for characterization of lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks for biological conversion are dominated by compositional analysis and digestibility/ fermentation tests; however, both these groups of laboratory methods have their respective advantages and disadvantages. The purpose of this paper is to develop a wet-chemistry assay for determination of lignocellulosic biomass quality t...

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) was implemented to monitor the moisture content of broadleaf litters. Partial least-squares regression (PLSR) models, incorporating optimal wavelength selection techniques, have been proposed to better predict the litter moisture of forest floor. Three broadleaf litters were used to sample the reflection spectra corresponding the different degrees of litter moi...

Sufficient nutrient application is one of the most important factors in producing quality citrus fruits. One of the main guides in planning citrus fertilizer programs is by directly monitoring the plant nutrient content. However, this requires analysis of a large number of leaf samples using expensive and time-consuming chemical techniques. Over the last 5 years, it has been demonstrated that i...

Visible and near infrared reflectance spectroscopy was used to predict pH at 24h (pH24) post-mortem, sarcomere length (SL), cooking loss (CL), Warner-Bratzler Shear Force (WBSF) and colour parameters (L(∗), a(∗), b(∗)) in beef cattle samples. Samples from M. longissimus thoracis et lumborum from 30 bulls were aged at 4°C for 1, 3, 7 and 14 days and analysed for pH, SL, CL, WBSF and colour. NIRS...

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...

Abstract Stable isotopes analysis (SIA) of carbon and nitrogen provides valuable information about trophic interactions animal feeding habits. We used near‐infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) support vector machines (SVM) to develop a model for screening isotopic ratios ( δ 13 C 15 N) in samples from living animals. applied this method on dried blood birds previously analyzed N test whethe...