ISHS Acta Horticulturae 531: II ISHS Conference on Fruit Production in the Tropics and Subtropics
OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF TROPICAL FRUITS |
| Author: | L. Damerow |
| Keywords: | colour, light reflection, light transmission |
| Abstract:
Colour is an important property of tropical and subtropical fruits. Many physiological properties of fruits, such as ripeness or flavour are determined by fruit skin or flesh colour. The quality determination of fruits is possible with the determination of three fundamental colours; red, green and blue. Spectral ranges of 530 nm. to 570 nm. and 670 nm. to 680 nm. of reflected or transmitted light are used for the determination fruit ripeness. Another method is the use of spectral ranges near infra-red (750 nm. to 1000 nm.) to detect injuries to fruit skin or flesh. This poster shows typical curves of reflected and transmitted light on different fruits. | |
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