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Non-Destructive Quality Measurement for Three Varieties of Tomato Using VIS/NIR Spectroscopy

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  • Khadija Najjar

    (Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Palestine Technical University-Kadoorie (PTUK), Jaffa Street, Tulkarm P.O. Box 7, Palestine)

  • Nawaf Abu-Khalaf

    (Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Palestine Technical University-Kadoorie (PTUK), Jaffa Street, Tulkarm P.O. Box 7, Palestine)

Abstract

The non-destructive visible/near-infrared (VIS/NIR) spectroscopy is a promising technique in determining the quality of agricultural commodities. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the ability of VIS/NIR spectroscopy (550–1100 nm) to distinguish between three different varieties of tomato (i.e., Ekram, Harver and Izmer), as well as to predict the quality parameters of tomato, such as soluble solids content (SSC), titratable acidity (TA), taste (SSC/TA) and firmness. Ninety intact samples from three tomato varieties were used. These samples were examined using VIS/NIR spectroscopy and quality parameters were also measured using traditional methods. Principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least square (PLS) were carried out. The results of PCA showed the ability of VIS/NIR spectroscopy to distinguish between the three varieties, where two PCs explained about 99% of the total variance in both calibration and validation sets. Moreover, PLS showed the possibility of modelling quality parameters. The correlation coefficient (R 2 ) and the ratio of performance deviation (RPD) for all quality parameters (except for firmness) were found to be higher than 0.85 and 2.5, respectively. Thus, these results indicate that the VIS/NIR spectroscopy can be used to discriminate between different varieties of tomato and predict their quality parameters.

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  • Khadija Najjar & Nawaf Abu-Khalaf, 2021. "Non-Destructive Quality Measurement for Three Varieties of Tomato Using VIS/NIR Spectroscopy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(19), pages 1-11, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:19:p:10747-:d:644672
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