Weixin Ye

Firmness, soluble solid content (SSC) and titratable acidity (TA) are characteristic substances for evaluating the quality of cherry tomatoes. In this paper, a hyper spectral imaging (HSI) system using visible/near-infrared (Vis-NIR) and near-infrared (NIR) was proposed to detect the key qualities of cherry tomatoes. The effects of individual spectral information and fused spectral information in the detection of different qualities were compared for firmness, SSC and TA of cherry tomatoes. Data layer fusion combined with multiple machine learning methods including principal component regression (PCR), partial least squares regression (PLSR), support vector regression (SVR) and back propagation neural network (BP) is used for model training. The results show that for firmness, SSC and TA, the determination coefficient R² of the multi-quality prediction model established by Vis-NIR spectra is higher than that of NIR spectra. The R² of the best model obtained by SSC and TA fusion band is greater than 0.9, and that of the best model obtained by the firmness fusion band is greater than 0.85. It is better to use the spectral bands after information fusion for nondestructive quality detection of cherry tomatoes. This study shows that hyperspectral imaging technology can be used for the nondestructive detection of multiple qualities of cherry tomatoes, and the method based on the fusion of two spectra has a better prediction effect for the rapid detection of multiple qualities of cherry tomatoes compared with a single spectrum. This study can provide certain technical support for the rapid nondestructive detection of multiple qualities in other melons and fruits.

Grape is a fruit rich in various vitamins, and grape quality is increasingly highly concerned with by consumers. Traditional quality inspection methods are time-consuming, laborious and destructive. Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and hyperspectral imaging (HSI) are rapid, non-destructive and accurate techniques for quality inspection and safety assessment of agricultural products, which have great potential in recent years. The review summarized the applications and achievements of NIRS and HSI for the quality inspection of grapes for the last ten years. The review introduces basic principles, signal mode, data acquisition, analysis and processing of NIRS and HSI data. Qualitative and quantitative analysis were involved and compared, respectively, based on spectral features, image features and fusion data. The advantages, disadvantages and development trends of NIRS and HSI techniques in grape quality and safety inspection are summarized and discussed. The successful application of NIRS and HSI in grape quality inspection shows that many fruit inspection tasks could be assisted with NIRS and HSI.

Rapid and accurate detection of pesticide residue levels can help to prevent the harm of pesticide residue. This study used visible/near-infrared (Vis-NIR) (376–1044 nm) and near-infrared (NIR) (915–1699 nm) hyperspectral imaging systems (HISs) to detect the level of pesticide residues. Three different varieties of grapes were sprayed with four levels of pesticides. Logistic regression (LR), support vector machine (SVM), random forest (RF), convolutional neural network (CNN), and residual neural network (ResNet) models were used to build classification models for pesticide residue levels. The saliency maps of CNN and ResNet were conducted to visualize the contribution of wavelengths. Overall, the results of NIR spectra performed better than those of Vis-NIR spectra. For Vis-NIR spectra, the best model was ResNet, with the accuracy of over 93%. For NIR spectra, LR was the best, with the accuracy of over 97%, but SVM, CNN, and ResNet also showed closed and fine results. The saliency map of CNN and ResNet presented similar and closed ranges of crucial wavelengths. Overall results indicated deep learning performed better than conventional machine learning. The study showed that the use of hyperspectral imaging technology combined with machine learning can effectively detect the level of pesticide residues in grapes.