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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2024

Bi-directional hyperspectral reconstruction of cherry tomato: diagnosis of internal tissues maturation stage and composition.

Renan Tosin, Mario Cunha, Filipe Monteiro-Silva, Filipe Santos, Teresa Barroso, Rui Martins

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Article in Frontiers in plant science, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Renan TosinDepartment of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Planning, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Mario CunhaDepartment of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Planning, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Filipe Monteiro-SilvaINESC TEC - Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Filipe SantosINESC TEC - Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Teresa BarrosoINESC TEC - Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Rui MartinsINESC TEC - Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Universidade do Porto · PTINESC TEC · PT

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Abstract

Introduction: Precision monitoring maturity in climacteric fruits like tomato is crucial for minimising losses within the food supply chain and enhancing pre- and post-harvest production and utilisation. Objectives: This paper introduces an approach to analyse the precision maturation of tomato using hyperspectral tomography-like. Methods: A novel bi-directional spectral reconstruction method is presented, leveraging visible to near-infrared (Vis-NIR) information gathered from tomato spectra and their internal tissues (skin, pulp, and seeds). The study, encompassing 118 tomatoes at various maturation stages, employs a multi-block hierarchical principal component analysis combined with partial least squares for bi-directional reconstruction. The approach involves predicting internal tissue spectra by decomposing the overall tomato spectral information, creating a superset with eight latent variables for each tissue. The reverse process also utilises eight latent variables for reconstructing skin, pulp, and seed spectral data. Results: The reconstruction of the tomato spectra presents a mean absolute percentage error of 30.44 % and 5.37 %, 5.25 % and 6.42 % and Pearson's correlation coefficient of 0.85, 0.98, 0.99 and 0.99 for the skin, pulp and seed, respectively. Quality parameters, including soluble solid content (%), chlorophyll (a.u.), lycopene (a.u.), and puncture force (N), were assessed and modelled with PLS with the original and reconstructed datasets, presenting a range of R2 higher than 0.84 in the reconstructed dataset. An empirical demonstration of the tomato maturation in the internal tissues revealed the dynamic of the chlorophyll and lycopene in the different tissues during the maturation process. Conclusion: The proposed approach for inner tomato tissue spectral inference is highly reliable, provides early indications and is easy to operate. This study highlights the potential of Vis-NIR devices in precision fruit maturation assessment, surpassing conventional labour-intensive techniques in cost-effectiveness and efficiency. The implications of this advancement extend to various agronomic and food chain applications, promising substantial improvements in monitoring and enhancing fruit quality.

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fruit maturationlatent structuresprecision agriculturespectral reconstructionspectroscopy

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