Quality assessment of fruits, vegetables, or beverages involves classifying the products
according to the quality traits such as, appearance, texture, flavor, sugar content. The …

One important problem that is closely related to developing and refining novel drying
techniques is the deterioration of aromatic herbs, fruits, and vegetables during the drying …

Global food security for the increasing world population not only requires increased
sustainable production of food but a significant reduction in pre-and post-harvest waste. The …

Low-field bench top 1 H nuclear magnetic resonance (LF-NMR) relaxometry instruments
have been increasingly popular as analytical tools for engineering research. Magnetic …

Maturity estimation is critical for harvesting fruit at the correct time which in turn results in
good quality and longer shelf life of fruit. Researchers have explored several fruit maturity …

Background For decades, fruit assessment without off-line interruption and sample
destruction was a challenge for producers, researchers and food safety agencies. Efforts …

Tomato quality is one of the most important factors that helps ensuring a consistent
marketing of tomato fruit. As ripeness is the main indicator for tomato quality from customers …

The quality of tomatoes is usually predicted by measuring a single index, rather than a
comprehensive index. To find a comprehensive index, visible and near infrared (Vis-NIR) …

Due to the dense distribution of tomato fruit with similar morphologies and colors, it is difficult
to recognize the maturity stages when the tomato fruit is harvested. In this study, a tomato …

Quality largely decides the time frame of realistic usability before providing a cost for fruits or
vegetables. Consequently, quality checking and testing of products have prime importance …