The aim of this study was the non-destructive assessment of ‘Ortanique’ (Citrus reticulata Blanco x Citrus sinensis (L) Osbeck) ripening, based on the prediction of internal quality attributes (IQA) by short-wave near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (SW-NIRS) calibration models. Spectra from fruit of 50 trees located in two different orchards, were acquired on tree using a customized portable visible near-inf...
Non-invasive techniques for automatic fruit classification are gaining importance in the global agro-industry as they allow for optimizing harvesting, storage, management, and distribution decisions. Visible, near infra-red (NIR) diffuse reflectance spectroscopy is one of the most employed techniques in such fruit classification. Typically, after the acquisition of a fruit reflectance spectrum the wavelength do...
Algarve Citrus are non-climacteric Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) commodities. They are harvested with minimal levels of juice content (>35 %), soluble solids content (SSC) (>10 %) and maturation index (MI) (>8), as required by the respective PGI normative reference. These internal quality attributes (IQA) are usually determined in small samples of fruit collected from the orchards close to harvest. Th...
Podemos alcançar o mesmo objetivo usando diferentes combinações de nossos segmentos corporais, fenómeno que é denominado de "equivalência motora" (Lashley, 1930). Um instrumento é um objeto destacável do meio ambiente, que é acoplado ao nosso corpo, e que pode ampliar a nossa capacidade de o explorar e modificar (Beck, 1980, cf. St Amant, & Horton, 2008). O processo de uso de um instrumento tem implicações neur...