Robotics has been introduced in industry to replace humans in arduous and repetitive tasks,
to reduce labour costs and to ensure consistent quality control of the process. Nowadays …

Citrus is the major tree fruit crop grown and traded worldwide. Citrus industry around the
globe has been facing deterioration in fruit cosmetic quality and increased farmgate …

The objective of this work was to evaluate the visual and chemical quality of tangerines after
mechanical damage by impacts. The tangerine cultivars Montenegrina and Rainha were …

Oleocellosis is a physiological disorder causing blemishes on fruit surface. This study
investigated the influence of oleocellosis on the membrane fatty acids and wax in lemon fruit …

Damage to fresh citrus caused by impact of fruits onto collecting surfaces has restricted the
adoption of mechanical harvesting. Two different experiments were carried out: investigating …

Oleocellosis is a physiological disorder set off after the rupture of peel oil glands, releasing
their content which is phytotoxic to pericarp cells. The occurrence of the disorder is generally …

The purpose of this work was to demonstrate the physical and metabolic alterations induced
by mechanical damage on'Dwarf-Prata'banana fruits kept under low temperature (15 …

Bananas respond at the physical and physiological level to mechanical damage.
Mechanical injuries cause alterations in color and flavor, tissue softening, faster ripening …

The present work intended to evaluate the effects of impacts and compression forces on the
respiration rates of citrus fruit. The fruits were compressed with an instrumented sphere and …

Asian psyllids–newest invader of South Texas citrus. Feeding of the latter pest undoubtedly
contributed to the overall severity of foliar damage. I might add that CLM mining was also …