• Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences
  • Vol. 7, Issue 6, 1350073 (2014)
Ronnarit Rittiron1、*, Sureeporn Narongwongwattana1, Unaruj Boonprakob2, and Worapa Seehalak1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Kamphaengsaen Kasetsart University, Nakhonpathom, Thailand
  • 2Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture at Kamphaengsaen Kasetsart University, Nakhonpathom, Thailand
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    DOI: 10.1142/s1793545813500739 Cite this Article
    Ronnarit Rittiron, Sureeporn Narongwongwattana, Unaruj Boonprakob, Worapa Seehalak. Rapid and nondestructive detection of watercore and sugar content in Asian pear by near infrared spectroscopy for commercial trade[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2014, 7(6): 1350073 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Watercore and sugar content are internal qualities which are impossible for exterior determination. Therefore the aims of this study were to develop models for nondestructive detection of watercore and predicting sugar content in pear using Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIR) technique. A total of 93 samples of Asian pear variety “SH-078" were used. For sugar content, spectrum of each fruit was measured in the short wavelength region (700–1100 nm) in the reflection mode and the first derivative of spectra were then correlated with the sugar content in juice determined by digital refractometer. Prediction equation was performed by multiple linear regression. The result showed Standard Error of Prediction (SEPT = 0.58°Bx, and Bias = 0.11. The result from t-test showed that sugar content predicted by NIR was not significantly different from the value analyzed by refractometer at 95% confidence. For watercore disorder, NIR measurement was performed over the short wavelength range (700–850 nm) in the transmission mode. The first derivative spectra were correlated with internal qualities. Then principle component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLSDA) were used to perform discrimination models. The accuracy of the PCA model was greater than the PLSDA one. The scores from PC1 were separated into two boundaries, one predicted rejected pears with 100% classification accuracy, and the other was accepted pears with 92% accuracy. The high accuracy of sugar content determining and watercore detecting by NIR reveal the high efficiency of NIR technique for detecting other internal qualities of fruit in the future.
    Ronnarit Rittiron, Sureeporn Narongwongwattana, Unaruj Boonprakob, Worapa Seehalak. Rapid and nondestructive detection of watercore and sugar content in Asian pear by near infrared spectroscopy for commercial trade[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2014, 7(6): 1350073
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