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NON-DESTRUCTIVE DETERMINATION OF INTERNAL QUALITY IN INTACT PEARS BY NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY

Article number

596_142

Pages

821 – 825

Language

English

Abstract

Pear fruit are graded on external appearance factors which are currently determined by machine on a limited number of fruit.
Other parameters which could better meet consumer expectations such as sugar content, acidity, flesh firmness, internal quality, etc. are traditionally determined with destructive techniques on a fruit sample which is conventionally considered representative of all the harvested fruit.
Currently, nondestructive evaluation methods using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRs) are being tested on several fruit and vegetables, with the aim of identifying parameters which could estimate maturity more properly.
The present study reports the initial results obtained with an NIRs instrument used to estimate soluble solids content, flesh firmness, acidity and dry weight in several pear cultivars.

Publication

VIII International Symposium on Pear

Authors

G. Costa, M. Noferini, C. Andreotti

Keywords

NIRs, soluble solids, flesh firmness, acidity, dry matter, MLR

Full text

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.596.142

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124. ETHEPHON, NAA, AND NAD AS CHEMICAL THINNERS OF PEAR FRUITLETS

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125. REDUCING SECONDARY FLOWERING IN BARTLETT PEAR TO REDUCE FIRE BLIGHT

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126. THE EFFECT OF BLOSSOM DESICCANTS ON CROP LOAD OF PACKHAM¿S TRIUMPH PEAR

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127. IMPROVEMENT OF FRUIT SET ON YOUNG PEAR TREES CULTIVAR CONFERENCE WITH GIBBERELLINS

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128. LEAF ANATOMY AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS OF PEAR TREES WITH DIFFERENT GROWTH HABIT

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129. INFLUENCE OF LEAF AREA ON THE SUGAR AND ORGANIC ACIDS CONTENT IN PEAR (PYRUS COMMUNIS) FRUITS CULTIVAR WILLIAMS

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130. CONTROLLING VIGOUR AND COLOUR DEVELOPMENT IN THE BI-COLOURED PEAR CULTIVAR ROSEMARIE

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131. EFFECTS OF PROHEXADIONE-CALCIUM (APOGEE¿) ON BLOSSOMING, PRODUCTION, AND FRUIT QUALITY IN PEAR

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132. NECTAR COMPOSITION IN SOME PEAR CULTIVARS

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133. EFFECTS OF RETAIN™ ON FRUIT MATURITY AND FRUIT SET OF PEAR CULTIVARS WILLIAMS AND PACKHAM¿S TRIUMPH

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134. INSECT ATTRACTION OF FLOWERS IN PEAR CULTIVARS

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135. EFFECT OF CROPLOAD IN PREVIOUS YEAR ON FRUIT SIZE OF PEAR CULTIVAR CLARA FRIJS

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136. GROWTH OF CLARA FRIJS PEAR IN A NORDIC CLIMATE

M. Bertelsen

137. CHEMICAL THINNING IN NASHI

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138. A NEW POST-BLOOM THINNING AGENT FOR PACKHAM¿S TRIUMPH PEAR

S.A. Bound | L. Mitchell

139. EFFECT OF THE SYNTHETIC CYTOKININ CPPU ON FRUIT SIZE AND YIELD OF SPADONA PEAR

R.A. Stern | M.A. Flaishman | A. Shargal

140. THE QUALITY OF PEAR FRUIT

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141. VOLATILE CONSTITUENTS OF ’HARROW‘ SWEET PEARS BY DYNAMIC HEADSPACE TECHNIQUE

F. Rapparini | S. Predieri

142. STUDIES ON SENSORY EVALUATION AND QUALITY OF PEAR FRUITS IN EMILIA-ROMAGNA

S. Predieri | D. Missere | E. Gatti

143. NON-DESTRUCTIVE DETERMINATION OF INTERNAL QUALITY IN INTACT PEARS BY NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY

G. Costa | M. Noferini | C. Andreotti

144. CHANGES IN CONFERENCE PEAR PEEL PIGMENTS DURING STORAGE AND RIPENING

J.M. Ben | J. Baszczyk

145. POSTHARVEST PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF PEARS

D. Sugar

146. HARVEST MATURITY, MINERAL CONTENT AND POSTHARVEST QUALITY OF CONFERENCE PEARS STORED IN HIGH OR LOW CO₂

147. STUDY ON WATERCORE OCCURRENCE IN HOSUI JAPANESE PEAR

H. Gemma | S. Oomori | S. Sugaya | S-A. Peng | S. Iwahori

148. INFLUENCE OF CALCIUM AND OXYGEN LEVELS ON SOFT SCALD OF STORED ABBE FETEL PEARS

P. Bertolini | M. Guizzardi | C. Casadei

149. DOES BORON AFFECT THE OCCURRENCE OF PHYSIOLOGICAL DISORDERS OF CONFERENCE PEARS DURING CA-STORAGE?

H. Xuan | J. Streif | F. Bangereth

150. CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE AS A PREDICTIVE METHOD FOR DETECTION OF BROWNING DISORDERS IN CONFERENCE PEARS DURING CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE STORAGE

A.A. Saquet | J. Streif

151. COMPOSITION OF HEXANE EXTRACTS FROM CONFERENCE PEAR PEEL

R. Lo Scalzo | P. Eccher Zerbini | M. Grassi

152. CHANGES IN STARCH CONTENT IN LA FRANCE PEARS DURING STORAGE

H. Murayama | S. Ikai | T. Fukushima

153. INFLUENCE OF HARVEST DATE AND STORAGE ON H₂O₂ AND SCAVENGER SYSTEMS IN ‘PASSE CRASSANE’ PEARS

A.M. Spinardi | C. Visai | N. Negrini | M. Coccuci

154. CONTROL OF SUPERFICIAL SCALD IN BEURRÉ D’ANJOU PEARS WITH LOW OXYGEN LEVELS

G. Calvo | M.E. Salvador | E. Sanchez

155. COMBINATION OF PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS EPS288 AND REDUCED FUNGICIDE DOSE FOR CONTROL OF PENICILLIUM ROT DURING POSTHARVEST STORAGE OF PEAR

J. Francés | A. Bonaterra | E. Badosa | E. Montesinos

156. FUNGI THAT CAUSE POSTHARVEST DISEASES IN PEARS

I.A. Laidou | C.C. Thanassoulopoulos

157. EFFECT OF SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE TO HIGH CO₂ IN COMBINATION WITH BIOLOGICAL CONTROL ON POSTHARVEST DECAY OF PEARS, AND FACTORS AFFECTING SENSITIVITY OF PEARS TO CO₂ INJURY

D. Sugar | J.M. Benbow

158. STORAGE OF CONFERENCE PEAR IN LOW ETHYLENE ATMOSPHERE

A. Testoni | F. Lovati | M. Grassi | R. Lo Scalzo