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Potential of X-ray imaging to detect citrus granulation in different cultivars with progress in harvesting time

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Title Potential of X-ray imaging to detect citrus granulation in different cultivars with progress in harvesting time
 
Creator Nayak, Swarajya Laxmi
Sethi, Shruti
Sahoo, Rabi Narayan
Dubey, Anil Kumar
Goel, Swati
 
Subject Citrus sinensis
Gelatinization
On-tree storage
Sweet orange
 
Description 263-268
Granulation, a physiological disorder of citrus is manifested by shriveled juice sacs and internal dryness. Extractable
juice in granulated tissue is drastically reduced as a consequence of gelatinization and secondary epidermis formation. Since,
the defect cannot be detected externally it leads to consumer dissatisfaction and poor returns to farmers. Processing industry
also faces huge economic loss due to reduction in the juice recovery from granulated fruit. In this context, here, we studied
the possibility of developing an image processing algorithm through MATLAB software to detect granulation with
advancement of maturity via X-ray micrographs. Fruit of eight citrus cultivars comprising of granulation susceptible and
tolerant varieties harvested at four different intervals were exposed to X-rays. Voltage of 46 kV and current of 6.5 mA given
to fruit for an exposure time of 320 mAs gave the best X-ray image contrasts. The developed algorithm could effectively
distinguish the healthy and granulated fruit with an accuracy of 90% as validated by subsequent destructive analysis when
estimated for four different harvesting dates. The imaging technique can be employed by the processors to determine the
severity of granulation and to sort out fruit online which will help in saving economic losses.
 
Date 2022-03-31T09:50:03Z
2022-03-31T09:50:03Z
2022-04
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1009 (Online); 0019-5189 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/59413
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJEB Vol.60(04) [April 2022]