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Study of fruit set and fruit quality of ‘Conference’ pears and ‘Jonagold’ apples in orchards supplemented with bumblebee hives KU Leuven
© 2018 International Society for Horticultural Science. All Rights Reserved. Both apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) and pear (Pyrus communis L.) belong to the Rosaceae family, and many cultivars are self-incompatible and need cross pollination for pollination and consequently seed and fruit set. However, the introduction of honey bees is quite common in apple orchards but it is less applied in pear orchards. The aim of this study was to ...
Insights in convective drying of fruit by coupled modeling of fruit drying, deformation, quality evolution and convective exchange with the airflow KU Leuven
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Coupled modeling of fruit drying, deformation and quality evolution of a half-circular apple fruit slice is combined with modeling of the convective heat and mass exchange with the airflow. The aim was to gain more insight in the fruit drying kinetics, more particular in heterogeneities and couplings in moisture content and shrinkage as well as quality loss within the fruit during drying. Further aims were to investigate the ...
Virtual cold chain method to model the postharvest temperature history and quality evolution of fresh fruit - A case study for citrus fruit packed in a single carton KU Leuven
Fruit quality loss is dependent on the temperature control throughout the postharvest cold chain. Previous research mainly focused on optimizing the cooling performance of single unit operations. However, assessing fruit temperature history throughout the entire cold chain is crucial to determine the end quality. This study proposes a virtual cold chain (VCC) method to predict the temperature history and quality loss of packaged fresh fruit, ...
Impact of size and shape of fresh-cut fruit on the drying time and fruit quality KU Leuven
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Insights are provided on how fruit size and shape affect the drying time and fruit quality loss, by simulating the convective drying process for cubic, rectangular, circular and half-circular fruit slices. Combined hygrothermal-quality modelling of the drying process unveiled, quantitatively, to which extent smaller samples dry faster and retain their quality better. For rectangular pieces with a large aspect ratio, so called ...
Perceived quality and availability of fruit and vegetables are associated with perceptions of fruit and vegetable affordability among socio-economically disadvantaged women University of Antwerp
Objective: Perceptions that fruit and vegetables are expensive have been found to be associated with lower consumption of fruit and vegetables among disadvantaged women; however, the determinants of these perceptions are relatively unknown. The purpose of the current paper is to examine whether perceived availability and quality of fruit and vegetables, and social support for healthy eating, are associated with perceptions of fruit and vegetable ...
Characterization of fruit juices and effect of pasteurization and storage conditions on their microbial, physicochemical, and nutritional quality Ghent University
Application of hyperspectral imaging systems and artificial intelligence for quality assessment of fruit, vegetables and mushrooms : a review Ghent University Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Improved Yield and Fruit Quality Estimation in Pear Orchards Using Remote Sensing Time Series KU Leuven
Yield and fruit quality estimation provides vital information to orchard managers, but requires time consuming, labor intensive and destructive in situ measurements. Large amounts of these point measurements are required, as both fruit quality (i.e., fruit firmness and sugar content) and yield (i.e., total production) are related to growing conditions (i.e., meteorological, soil moisture, crop load, etc.) during the growing season. An ...