Background Fruits are vulnerable to mechanical damages and physiological disorders
caused by the static and dynamic forces acting on them during transportation and abiotic …

Fruits with thick rind have been reported to interfere with the measurement of internal quality
of non-destructive near infrared spectroscopy. This review provides an overview of issues …

Background Food microstructure can be visualised by a wide range of microscopic
techniques, however these methods are usually destructive and require sample preparation …

Highlights•Defects affecting horticultural products and detection challenges are
summarised.•Machine learning's role in addressing issues of fruit defect detection is …

Abstract The Stellenbosch University CT Scanner Facility is an open access laboratory
providing non-destructive X-ray computed tomography (CT) and a high performance image …

The global fruit industry is continually confronted with new technological challenges to meet
people's material quality of life expectations. Fruit maturity has a strong association with the …

The quality of agricultural products is of high importance in terms of consumer interest,
determining market acceptance, and thus, directly affects storage and post-harvest …

Automated bruised apple detection is an important application in the fruit industry. In this
paper, we investigated convolutional neural network-based predictive models for the …

Fresh‐cut fruits and vegetables are healthy and convenient ready‐to‐eat foods, and the final
quality is related to the raw materials and each step of the cutting unit. It is necessary to …

Background Thermal imaging is a non-destructive technique which has emerged as a
powerful analytical tool in the agriculture and food industries. Thermal imaging analysis …