Maturity prediction of intact bell peppers by sensor fusion

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 104, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-17

  Ignat, Timea ^a   Alchanatis, Victor ^a   Schmilovitch, Ze'ev ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Carotenoids; Chlorophylls; Non destructive; Quality

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CHLOROPHYLL; ELASTICITY; IMAGE QUALITY; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PIGMENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

CAROTENOIDS; COMPREHENSIVE QUALITIES; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING; NON DESTRUCTIVE; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION METHOD; REFERENCE PARAMETERS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; TOTAL SOLUBLE SOLIDS;

SENSORS;

ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; DECISION MAKING; GROWTH; HERB; MATURATION; OSMOSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; SOLUBILIZATION;

EID: 84897939075     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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