Nondestructive determination of soluble solids content, firmness, and moisture content of “Longxiang” pears during maturation using near-infrared spectroscopy
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Dayang Liu
College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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Dayang Liu and Guangkai Ma, College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China.
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Search for more papers by this authorEnfeng Wang
College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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Search for more papers by this authorGuanglai Wang
College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
Contribution: Writing - original draft
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Guangkai Ma
College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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Dayang Liu and Guangkai Ma, College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China.
Email: [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization
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Dayang Liu
College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
Correspondence
Dayang Liu and Guangkai Ma, College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China.
Email: [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorEnfeng Wang
College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
Contribution: Writing - original draft
Search for more papers by this authorGuanglai Wang
College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
Contribution: Writing - original draft
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Guangkai Ma
College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
Correspondence
Dayang Liu and Guangkai Ma, College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China.
Email: [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected]
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Nondestructive evaluation of the internal quality of pears during maturation is helpful to instruct production and give advice on harvesting. This study explores the feasibility of predicting the soluble solids content (SSC), firmness, and moisture content (MC) of pears during maturation stage using near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy. The NIR spectra of 185 “Longxiang” pears were obtained in the wavelength range of 833–2500 nm. Partial least square (PLS) and least squares support vector machine (LSSVM) were used to develop determination models. The LSSVM obtained better performance than PLS, among which the FS-LSSVM model had the best prediction results for SSC (Rp = 0.880, RMSEP = 0.302%, RPD = 2.649, RER = 11.258), firmness (Rp = 0.826, RMSEP = 4.834 N, RPD = 1.345, RER = 5.772), and MC (Rp = 0.872, RMSEP = 0.570%, RPD = 2.281, RER = 6.842). This study demonstrates that NIR spectroscopy technique can be applied for nondestructive detection of SSC, firmness, and MC of pears during maturation.
Practical applications
Postharvest quality of fruit depends largely on the maturity degree and internal quality parameters at harvest. Soluble solids content, firmness, and moisture content (MC) are the most essential internal quality indicators, which directly determine pears’ unique taste and purchase decision of consumers. For this, near-infrared spectroscopy was simultaneously applied to determine soluble solids content, firmness, and MC of pears during maturation stage, and FS-LSSVM model had the best prediction results. The result of this study is helpful to instruct pear production and give advice on harvesting.
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The author declares that there is no conflict of interest that could be perceived as prejudicing the impartiality of the research reported.
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