Commercial Adoption of Technologies for Fruit Grading, with Emphasis on NIRS
K.B.Walsh
Book of Abstract. Information & technology for sustainable fruit & vegetable production, The 7th Fruit, Nut and Vegetable Production Engineering Symposium, 12-16 September 2005, Monpellier, France. Page 95
2005
บทคัดย่อ
Commercial Adoption of Technologies for Fruit Grading, with Emphasis on NIRS
A historical progression of the adoption of technology by the fruit grading industry is presented, with consideration of the progression from the character of size to weight, to colour and shape, to external blemish and, more recently, to the internal quality attributes of soluble solids content or dry matter, and firmness. A review is also made of the published criteria for eating quality of given fruit types, as standards for the new sorting technologies to work to. Finally, impediments to technology adoption are considered with respect to the use of one particular technology, near infrared spectroscopy, and with particular reference to agronomic and marketing protocols.