Knowledge of textural properties is important for stakeholders in the food value chain
including producers, postharvest handlers, processors, marketers and consumers. For fresh …

Texture analysis and modeling are important techniques in food and postharvest research
and industrial practice. A wide range of methods have been used to evaluate instrumental …

Background Apple is an economically important fruit crop. Changes in metabolism
accompanying human-guided evolution can be revealed using a multiomics approach. We …

Blueberries are now the second most economically important soft fruit. However, they are
highly perishable and susceptible to rapid spoilage. Softening is one of the main reasons for …

Key message Proof of concept of Bayesian integrated QTL analyses across pedigree-
related families from breeding programs of an outbreeding species. Results include QTL …

Blueberries are 'soft fruit', a name which underlies the impact that fruit texture plays in their
marketability. Worldwide blueberry production has been increasing in the last years, and …

In this work, the variability and heterogeneity of apple firmness and their effects on the
prediction performances of developed models based on hyperspectral imaging (HSI) at 380 …

Texture is a complex trait and a major component of fruit quality in apple. While the major
effect of MdPG1, a gene controlling firmness, has already been exploited in elite cultivars …

Background Apple is a widely cultivated fruit crop for its quality properties and extended
storability. Among the several quality factors, texture is the most important and appreciated …

Fruit texture is a complex feature composed of mechanical and acoustic properties relying
on the modifications occurring in the cell wall throughout fruit development and ripening …