NONDESTRUCTIVE DETERMINATION OF INTERNAL QUALITY IN PEACHES AND NECTARINES

Authors
SLAUGHTER DC
Citation
Dc. Slaughter, NONDESTRUCTIVE DETERMINATION OF INTERNAL QUALITY IN PEACHES AND NECTARINES, Transactions of the ASAE, 38(2), 1995, pp. 617-623
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering,Agriculture,"Agriculture Soil Science
Journal title
Transactions of the ASAE → ACNP
ISSN journal
00012351
Volume
38
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
617 - 623
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-2351(1995)38:2<617:NDOIQI>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A nondestructive optical method for determining the internal quality o f intact peaches and nectarines was investigated. The method, based up on visible and near-infrared spectrophotometric techniques, was capabl e of simultaneously predicting the soluble solids content (r = 0.92), sucrose content (r = 0.87), sorbitol content (r = 0.88), and chlorophy ll A content (r = 0.97) of intact peaches and nectarines, and required no sample preparation.