Near-infrared diffuse reflectance for quantitative and qualitative measurement of soluble solids and firmness of Delicious and Gala apples

• Published in: Transactions of the ASAE Vol. 46; no. 6; pp. 1721 - 1731
• Main Authors: Park, B, Abbott, J.A, Lee, K.J, Choi, C.H, Choi, K.H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.11.2003
• Subjects: apples; cultivars; firmness; food analysis; fruit quality; near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy; nondestructive methods; prediction; principal component regression; regression analysis; soluble solids

Development of nondestructive measurements of soluble solids and firmness of apples benefits the producers, processors, and packers. The soluble solids and firmness (Magness-Taylor (MT) maximum force) of apples were predicted by diffuse reflectance measurement in the visible/near-infrared (400-1800...