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Nicácia P Machado1, José C Fachinello, Simone P Galarça

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Area of Science:

  • Horticultural Science
  • Food Science
  • Spectroscopy

Background:

  • Non-destructive techniques are increasingly vital for fruit quality assessment.
  • Vis/NIR spectroscopy offers a promising avenue for evaluating fruit maturation and quality.
  • Pear quality assessment requires reliable, non-destructive methods under specific growing conditions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To validate Vis/NIR spectroscopy for assessing qualitative traits of pear cultivars.
  • To establish calibration equations for soluble solids and pulp firmness using non-destructive and destructive methods.
  • To evaluate the performance of Vis/NIR spectroscopy for pear quality analysis under Brazilian conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Vis/NIR spectroscopy (NIR-Case spectrophotometer) for non-destructive measurements.
  • Determined soluble solids (SS) and pulp firmness (PF) through both non-destructive and destructive methods.
  • Developed calibration equations and tested readings using linear regressions for pear cultivars 'Williams', 'Packams', and 'Carrick'.

Main Results:

  • Vis/NIR spectroscopy provided significant and reliable estimates for pear soluble solids.
  • The technique did not yield satisfactory results for assessing pear pulp firmness in the studied cultivars.
  • Linear regression analysis confirmed the performance of Vis/NIR spectroscopy for soluble solids prediction.

Conclusions:

  • Vis/NIR spectroscopy, coupled with linear regression, is a reliable tool for estimating pear quality, especially soluble solids.
  • Further research may be needed to optimize methods for pulp firmness assessment using this technology.
  • The findings support the application of Vis/NIR spectroscopy for non-destructive pear quality evaluation in Brazilian agricultural settings.