ISHS Acta Horticulturae 343: Physiological Basis of Postharvest Technologies
PHYSICAL METHODS FOR DETECTION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN APPLES DURING STORAGE |
| Authors: | T. Lovász, P. Meresz, A. Salgo, P. Sass |
| Abstract:
Controlling objective quality of apples is important from many aspects. Sensory quality, which is highly influenced by physical and chemical parameters such as color, hardness, firmness, juiciness, sweetness and microstructure is difficult to detect with consistent precision. There are trends to use technology to measure the parameters of quality, ripeness and storability of apples that are determined by factors such as dry matter, sugar content and pectines. The aim of the present study was to confirm the possible application of near-infrared transmission spectroscopy (NIT) and ion leakage methods in the investigation of changes in apples during storage. Sample preparation and measurements were recently optimized (Meresz et al., 1991, Lovasz and Salgo 1992). | |
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