Mealiness Detection in Agricultural Crops: Destructive and Nondestructive Tests: A Review |
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| Authors: | Arman Arefi Parviz Ahmadi Moghaddam Kaveh Mollazade Ali Hassanpour Constantino Valero Aoife Gowen |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Dept. of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Urmia Univ, Urmia, Iran;2. Dept. of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Univ. of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran;3. Dept. of Agroforest Engineering, Univ. Politecnica Madrid, Spain;4. School of Biosystems Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture, Univ. College Dublin, Ireland |
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| Abstract: | Mealiness is known as an important internal quality attribute of fruits/vegetables, which has significant influence on consumer purchasing decisions. Mealiness has been a topic of research interest over the past several decades. A number of destructive and nondestructive techniques are introduced for mealiness detection. Nondestructive methods are more interesting because they are rapid, noninvasive, and suitable for real‐time purposes. In this review, the concept of mealiness is presented for potato, apple, and peach, followed by an in‐depth discussion about applications of destructive and nondestructive techniques developed for mealiness detection. The results suggest the potential of electromagnetic‐based techniques for nondestructive mealiness evaluation. Further investigations are in progress to find more appropriate nondestructive techniques as well as cost and performance. |
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| Keywords: | compression test optical monitoring sensory evaluation sonic techniques texture attributes |
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