Evaluation of Carbohydrate Concentrations in Phalaenopsis Using Near-infrared Spectroscopy

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ADDITIONAL INDEX WORDS. fructose, glucose, internal quality, modified partial least-squares regression, quantitative analysis, starch, stepwise multiple linear regression, sucroseThe authors acknowledge financial support from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (Grant NSC 101-2313-B-002-049). We are thankful to Prof. Yao-Chien Alex Chang of National Taiwan University for help with the experimental design and chemical analysis. We also thank Chu-Chun Tai, Tzu-Yu Ko, and Chi-Chia Liao for help with the experiments.