Nondestructive Sensing of Maturity and Ripeness in Mango

Kitthawee, Udomsak; Pathaveerat, Siwalak; Slaughter, David C.; Mitcham, Elizabeth

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2012.943.40

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“…Although a deep study on the optimal dilution of the sample was carried out, this e-nose was not effective in determining the harvest date. Similar mediocre results were obtained by Kitthawee et al [ 122 ], involving a study of hard green mangoes. The electronic nose could correctly classify only 68% of fruits according to their ripening stage, too low to be introduced into the retail market as a non-destructive method to assess ripening stage in mangoes.…”

Section: Electronic-nose Applications For Fruit Aroma Characterizatiosupporting

confidence: 89%

Electronic-Nose Applications for Fruit Identification, Ripeness and Quality Grading

Baietto

Wilson

2015

Sensors

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Fruits produce a wide range of volatile organic compounds that impart their characteristically distinct aromas and contribute to unique flavor characteristics. Fruit aroma and flavor characteristics are of key importance in determining consumer acceptance in commercial fruit markets based on individual preference. Fruit producers, suppliers and retailers traditionally utilize and rely on human testers or panels to evaluate fruit quality and aroma characters for assessing fruit salability in fresh markets. We explore the current and potential utilization of electronic-nose devices (with specialized sensor arrays), instruments that are very effective in discriminating complex mixtures of fruit volatiles, as new effective tools for more efficient fruit aroma analyses to replace conventional expensive methods used in fruit aroma assessments. We review the chemical nature of fruit volatiles during all stages of the agro-fruit production process, describe some of the more important applications that electronic nose (e-nose) technologies have provided for fruit aroma characterizations, and summarize recent research providing e-nose data on the effectiveness of these specialized gas-sensing instruments for fruit identifications, cultivar discriminations, ripeness assessments and fruit grading for assuring fruit quality in commercial markets.

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Section: Electronic-nose Applications For Fruit Aroma Characterizatiosupporting

confidence: 89%