The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited

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Vincent Andrew McGlone

Roderick Munro McDonald

Peter Niven Schaare

Nathaniel Kenneth Tomer

Zhe Sun

Richard John Seelye

Rainer Künnemeyer

Richard Jordan Oliver

The invention relates to a rapid method for estimating the dry matter content of a fruit or vegetable. The method comprises drying a sample of the fruit or vegetable on a support and measuring the dry matter content, wherein the whole method can be carried out in less than 2 hours. This compares to the industry standard method for assessing dry matter in horticultural products which typically takes 6-48 hours.

Method for assessing dry matter in horticultural products

An aspect of the invention provides a method for determining at least one internal quality attribute of an article () of agricultural produce. The method includes receiving a plurality of first spectroscopic values obtained from directing low band light in a first wavelength associated to a low band of wavelengths from at least one low band light source () at least partly through the article () toward at least one detector (); receiving a plurality of second spectroscopic values obtained from directing high band light in a second wavelength associated to a high band of wavelengths from at least one high band light source () at least partly through the article () toward the at least one detector (); determining at least one measured spatial profile associated to the article, the at least one measured spatial profile comprising at least one of a plurality of ratios of respective first spectroscopic values to respective second spectroscopic values, a plurality of ratios of respective second spectroscopic values to respective first spectroscopic values; and determining the at least one internal quality attribute at least partly from a comparison of the at least one measured spatial profile with at least one reference spatial profile associated to a class of articles of agricultural produce.

Method and system for determining internal quality attribute(s) of articles of agricultural produce

A system () for determining a property of an object () comprises an inducing arrangement (), a detector () and a processor. The inducing arrangement () is configured to generate an impulse of fluid and for directing the impulse of fluid towards the object to induce a physical vibration of the object (). The inducing arrangement () does not contact the objectwhen inducing the physical vibration of the object (). The detector () is configured to detect the physical vibration of the object (). The detector () does not contact the objectwhen detecting the physical vibration of the object (). The processor is coupled to the detector () for determining the property of the object () based on at least the detected physical vibration.

System and method for determining a property of an object, and a valve

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Vincent Andrew McGlone