Journal of the science of food and agriculture
Jun 10, 2022
BACKGROUND: To determine the maturity of cantaloupe, measuring the soluble solid content (SSC) as the indicator of sugar content based on the refractometric index is commonly practised. This method, however, is destructive and limited to a small numb...
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
Aug 26, 2021
BACKGROUND: How to quickly identify poisonous mushrooms is a worldwide problem, because poisonous mushrooms and edible mushrooms have very similar appearances. Even some edible mushrooms must be processed further before they can be eaten. In addition...
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
Jun 4, 2021
BACKGROUND: Multilayer perceptron (MLP) feed-forward artificial neural networks (ANN) and first-order Takagi-Sugeno-type adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems (ANFIS) are utilized to model the fluidized bed-drying process of Echium amoenum Fisch. & ...
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
Feb 18, 2021
BACKGROUND: Specialty coffee fascinates people with its bountiful flavors. Currently, flavor descriptions of specialty coffee beans are only offered by certified coffee cuppers. However, such professionals are rare, and the market demand is tremendou...
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
Dec 24, 2020
BACKGROUND: Chili is one of the most important and high-value vegetable crops worldwide. However, pest and disease infections are among the main limiting factors in chili cultivation. These diseases cannot be eradicated but can be handled and monitor...
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
Dec 11, 2020
BACKGROUND: This paper proposes a novel method to improve accuracy and efficiency in detecting the quality of blueberry fruit, taking advantage of deep learning in classification tasks. We first collected 'Tifblue' blueberries at seven different stag...
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
Oct 2, 2020
BACKGROUND: The San Francisco Valley region from Brazil is known worldwide for its fruit production and exportation, especially grapes and wines. The grapes have high quality not only due to the excellent morphological characteristics, but also to th...
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
Aug 24, 2020
BACKGROUND: Barley is one of the strategic agricultural products available in the world, and yield prediction is important for ensuring food security. One way of estimating a product is to use remote sensing data in conjunction with field data and me...
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
Jul 3, 2020
BACKGROUND: Horse gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc.) is an underutilized pulse crop with good drought resistance traits. It is a rich source of protein. Conventional breeding methods for high yielding and abiotic stress tolerant germplasm are...
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
Mar 14, 2020
BACKGROUND: As the primary food for nearly half of the world's population, rice is cultivated almost all over the world, especially in Asian countries. However, the farmers and planting experts have been facing many persistent agricultural challenges...