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Addressing potential sources of variation in several non-destructive techniques fr measuring firmness in apples
Año:2009

Áreas de investigación
  • Agricultura

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Descripción
Measurements of firmness have traditionally been carried out according to the Magness Taylor (MT) procedure; using a texture analyser or penetrometer in reference texture tests. Non-destructive tests like the acoustic impulse response of acoustic firmness sensors (AFSs), a low-mass impact firmness sensor Sinclair International (SIQ-FT) and impact test (Lateral Impact ¿ UPM) have also been used to measure texture and firmness. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the influence of different sources of variation in these three non-destructive tests and to evaluate their respective capabilities of discriminating between fruit maturity at two different harvest dates, turgidity before and after dehydration treatment and ripening after different storage periods. According to our results, fruit studied an unexpected AFS trend with turgidity. Contact measurements (Lateral Impact ¿ UPM and SIQ-FT) appeared highly sensitive to changes in turgidity, but were less able to follow changes in ripening caused by storage period. Contact measurements were suitable for detecting differences between fruits from different harvest dates and showed higher correlation coefficients with reference texture tests than acoustic measurements. The Lateral Impact ¿ UPM test proved better at separating fruits according to turgidity than the SIQ-FT instrument
Internacional
Si
JCR del ISI
Si
Título de la revista
BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING
ISSN
1537-5110
Factor de impacto JCR
0,917
Información de impacto
Volumen
DOI
Número de revista
104
Desde la página
33
Hasta la página
46
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  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: LPF-TAg: Laboratorio de Propiedades Físicas y Tecnologías Avanzadas en Agroalimentación
  • Departamento: Ingeniería Rural