Definition
Nondestructive sensors are placed directly at the surface of a fruit/vegetable or in close proximity. The sensor signals are obtained without affecting the integrity of the sample. Nondestructive sensing allows to analyze the fresh food product before marketing or monitoring the product from farm to fork.
Introduction
Horticulture captures the production and postharvest processes of fruit and vegetables (ornamental plants commonly belong to the horticultural field, but are not addressed in this entry), which are important healthy food. The economically value of fruit and vegetables is also high, e.g., in Germany only 1% of the agriculturally used land area is occupied by horticultural crops, while they stand for 10% of the value gaining. Production of horticultural products is usually intense and harvested fruit and vegetables are highly perishable. The latter is caused by the still living nature of the fresh fruit and vegetables.
In the past, in the supply chains of fruit...
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Zude-Sasse, M. (2023). Nondestructive Sensing Technology for Analyzing Fruit and Vegetables. In: Zhang, Q. (eds) Encyclopedia of Smart Agriculture Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89123-7_170-1
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