Citation
Barreiro Elorza, Pilar and Moya Gonzalez, Adolfo and Correa Hernando, Eva Cristina and Ruiz-Altisent, Margarita and Fernandez Valle, M. Encarnacion and Peirs, A. and Wright, K.W. and Hills, B.P.
(2002).
Prospects for the rapid detection of mealiness in apples by nondestructive NMR relaxometry.
"Applied Magnetic Resonance", v. 22
(n. 3);
pp. 381-400.
ISSN 0937-9347.
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03166119.
Abstract
The potential of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxometry for quantitative evaluation of apple mealiness has been investigated. The degree of "mealiness" was defined by several mechanical techniques, including penetration, compression and shear rupture as well as by the BRIX (soluble solids) and juiciness levels. These data were correlated with both magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and NMR water proton transverse relaxation time measurements on a fruit-by-fruit basis. It was found that increasing mealiness caused a systematic increase in the transverse relaxation rate. The potential for rapid, on-line NMR/MRI detection of apple mealiness is discussed.
