Highlights•Defects affecting horticultural products and detection challenges are
summarised.•Machine learning's role in addressing issues of fruit defect detection is …

Daily consumption of fruits has rendered sophisticated techniques for accurate evaluation of
its quality and how it can be initiated in a more rapid way has become a state-of-art for the …

Darjeeling black tea is a worldwide known tea variety which is currently part of the register of
protected designations of origin (PDO) and protected geographical indications (PGI) as …

The olive fruit fly can damage up to 100% of the harvested fruit and can cause up to 80%
reduction of the value of the resulting olive oil. Therefore, it is important to early detect its …

A non-destructive method for detection of fungal contamination in peaches using an
electronic nose (E-nose) is presented. Peaches were inoculated with three common …

In the last two decades, food scientists have attempted to develop new technologies that can
improve the detection of insect infestation in fruits and vegetables under postharvest …

Among grains, rice is one of the most widely consumed cereals in the world; it represents a
staple food in great part of Asia and Africa, and it is also broadly diffused in America and …

Cotton is a significant economic crop. It is vulnerable to aphids (Aphis gossypii Glovers)
during the growth period. Rapid and early detection has become an important means to deal …

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a rapid, noninvasive and cheap method of profiling the
chemical composition of a broad range of sample types. Over the past two decades, it has …

The last 10 years of knowledge on near infrared (NIR) applications in the horticultural field
are summarized. NIR spectroscopy is considered one of the most suitable technologies of …