Postharvest Quality Measurement and Control of Pears.

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  • LAMMERTYN J.
    <I>Flanders Centre/Laboratory of Postharvest Technology, Catholic University Leuven</I>
  • JANCSÓK P. T.
    <I>Laboratory for Agro-Machinery and Processing, Catholic University Leuven</I>
  • BAERDEMAEKER J.DE
    <I>Laboratory for Agro-Machinery and Processing, Catholic University Leuven</I>
  • NICOLAÏ B. M.
    <I>Flanders Centre/Laboratory of Postharvest Technology, Catholic University Leuven</I>

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Abstract

Modern marketing chains continuously stimulate postharvest technology research to develop and improve techniques for measuring internal defects and nutritional and organoleptic fruit quality attributes. Three relatively new non-destructive techniques to assess pear fruit quality and to determine the optimal harvest date-acoustic firmness sensor, electronic nose and near-infrared spectroscopy-are described here. Tomographic techniques like X-ray computer tomography and magnetic resonance imaging were found to be useful for detecting the incidence of core breakdown, a storage disorder in Conference pears. Both techniques were found suitable to discriminate between cavities, affected and unaffected tissue. An attempt was made to detect internal cavities using a technique based on vibrational modal analysis.

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  • Environment Control in Biology

    Environment Control in Biology 40 (1), 19-27, 2002

    Japanese Society of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Engineers and Scientists

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