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How Accurate Are Gas Readings in Humid Environments?
Gas readings in humid environments can be highly accurate, but only when the analyzer, sampling method, and operating conditions match the job. In postharvest storage, modified atmosphere packaging, ripening rooms, and cold chain inspections, humidity is not a side issue. It is part of the atmosphere being measured. Water vapor can affect sensors, tubing, filters,… Continue reading…
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What Is Crop Phenotyping and Why Is It Essential for Modern Crop Breeding?
Genetic diversity in wild relatives of crops can provide crucial inputs to improve food production. High-throughput plant phenotyping (HTPP) methods can improve the efficiency of crop breeding research and crop monitoring in precision agriculture. Portable quality meters can be integrated into HTPP systems for biochemical and sensory fruit quality parameter phenotyping Crop phenotyping is the… Continue reading…
What Are the Latest Fresh Produce Storage Technologies Extending Shelf Life?
Technological innovations for storage have to slow the physiological processes that cause premature ripening, senescence, and quality loss, and shorten shelf life. Environmental factors such as temperature, relative humidity, and gas composition must be tailored to specific fresh produce to extend shelf life and preserve quality. Stakeholders need precise control over environmental factors to slow… Continue reading…
How Do Postharvest Microbial Treatments Extend Fresh Produce Shelf Life?
Fruits and vegetables harbor a microbiome on their surfaces that interacts with them to influence fruit quality. Fruit/plant-microbial interactions can be used in postharvest management to control spoilage microbes, thereby improving fresh produce quality and shelf-life. These microbial-plant/fruit interactions include competition, mycoparasitism, volatile secretions, microbial biofilms, quorum sensing, and systemic resistance induction. Postharvest spoilage, quality… Continue reading…
What Is Postharvest Physiology and Why Does It Matter for Fresh Produce Quality?
The crucial postharvest physiological processes that lead to deterioration in the quality of fresh produce include respiration, transpiration, ethylene production, and enzymatic activity. Temperature, air gas composition, relative humidity, and handling are common factors that can be controlled to slow these physiological processes. Maintaining and controlling the environment is essential to preserving quality and shelf… Continue reading…
How Often Should I Recalibrate My F-750 or F-751?
If you rely on an F-750 or F-751 Quality Meter for harvest timing, intake checks, ripeness management, or quality control, F-750 recalibration should be treated as part of your measurement routine, not as an afterthought. These Felix Instruments meters are designed for fast, non-destructive produce quality assessment, but like any NIR-based instrument, the quality of… Continue reading…
Can I Build My Own NIR Model, or Should I Use Felix’s built in models?
An NIR model is only as useful as the data behind it. That is the main point to keep in mind when deciding whether to build your own calibration or use Felix Instruments’ built-in models. In fresh produce, a good NIR model has to deal with cultivar variation, growing region, harvest timing, dry matter range,… Continue reading…
