“…Given Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy it is one of the most powerful non-destructive techniques, has been applied to the determination of various properties in numerous materials, such as food (Wang et al, 2014;Fu et al, 2012), ethanol (Xu et al, 2013), and wood lignin (Zhang et al, 2011;Yao et al, 2010;Alves et al, 2006;Hodge & Woodbridge, 2004;Poke et al, 2004;Schwanninger & Hinterstoisser, 2001) and cellulose (Tyson et al, 2010;Hein et al, 2009;Poke et al, 2006), wood properties and basic density (Santos et al, 2012a;Alves et al, 2012;Sykes et al, 2005;Kelley et al, 2004;Hauksson et al, 2001), pulp yield, kappa number and mechanical and optical properties of pulps Downes et al, 2009;Schimleck et al, 2006;Fardim et al, 2005;Schimleck et al, 2005;Fardim et al, 2002).…”