The evaluation of quality of post-harvest oranges and apples by means of an electronic nose

Natale, Corrado Di; Macagnano, Antonella; Martinelli, Eugenio; Paolesse, Roberto; Proietti, Emanuela; D’Amico, A.

doi:10.1016/s0925-4005(01)00787-0

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“…There have been several reports on electronic sensing in environmental control, medical diagnostics and the food industry (Keller et al 1995, Schaller et al 1998, Hai and Wang 2006. Some authors reported positive applications of EN technology for discriminating different fruits' quality and many experiments were performed including testing orange (Di Natale et al 2001a), melons (Benady et al 1995), blueberries (Simon et al 1996), pears (Oshita et al 2000, Correa et al 2001, peaches (Molto et al 1999, Brezmes et al 2000, Di-Natale et al 2001b, bananas , apples , Brezmes et al 2000, Saevels et al 2003 and nectarines (Di-Natale et al 2001b). These studies showed that EN has greater potential for nondestructive quality evaluation of mangoes, which emanate different strong aromatic compounds at different stages of maturity and ripening.…”

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Quality parameters of mango and potential of non-destructive techniques for their measurement — a review

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The king of fruits "Mango" (Mangifera indica L.) is very nutritious and rich in carotenes. India produces about 50% of the total world's mango. Many researchers have reported the maturity indices and quality parameters for determination of harvesting time and eating quality. The methods currently used for determination of quality of mango are mostly based on the biochemical analysis, which leads to destruction of the fruits. Numerous works are being carried out to explore some non-destructive methods such as Near Infrared (NIR), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), X-ray and Computed Tomography (CT), electronic nose, machine vision and ultrasound for quality determination of fruits. This paper deals with some recent work reported on quality parameters, harvesting and post-harvest treatments in relation to quality of mango fruits and reviews on some of the potential non-destructive techniques that can be explored for quality determination of mango cultivars.

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Quality parameters of mango and potential of non-destructive techniques for their measurement — a review

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“…The technique of global aroma analysis by means of EN has been considered very promising during the last 15 years as a non-destructive tool to evaluate fruit quality, as shown in the comprehensive review of Peris and Escuder-Gilabert (2009), from different points of view: shelf-life investigation to assess "Jonagold" (Saevels et al, 2003) and "Pinklady" (Brezmes et al, 2001a) apples quality during shelf-life, to monitor tomato fruit with different storage time (Gómez et al, 2008); harvest date determinations in mandarins (Gomez et al, 2006), apples (Saevels et al, 2003) and mango fruit (Lebrun et al, 2008), to classify "Gala" apples at harvest in different maturity degrees (Pathange et al, 2006), faults detection as to detect freeze damage in oranges (Tan et al, 2005) or apples defects as mealiness and skin damage in "Cox" (di Natale et al, 2001) and "Red Delicious" apples (Li et al, 2007), and for blueberry fruit disease detection and classification (Li et al, 2010).…”

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Sensors for product characterization and quality of specialty crops—A review

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Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

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a b s t r a c tThis review covers developments in non-invasive techniques for quality analysis and inspection of specialty crops, mainly fresh fruits and vegetables, over the past decade up to the year 2010. Presented and discussed in this review are advanced sensing technologies including computer vision, spectroscopy, X-rays, magnetic resonance, mechanical contact, chemical sensing, wireless sensor networks and radiofrequency identification sensors. The current status of different sensing systems is described in the context of commercial application. The review also discusses future research needs and potentials of these sensing technologies. Emphases are placed on those technologies that have been proven effective or have shown great potential for agro-food applications. Despite significant progress in the development of non-invasive techniques for quality assessment of fruits and vegetables, the pace for adoption of these technologies by the specialty crop industry has been slow.

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“…In the past two decades, awareness about the food safety from the point of specific pathogenic bacteria has considered the need for a rapid and accurate detection system for microbial spoilage by checking the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) generated by these microorganisms [4]. The electronic nose (enose) is a system initially created to imitate the function of human nose.…”

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confidence: 99%