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FOR Studentship: Development of infrared spectroscopy to measure quality parameters and biochemical changes in potato tubers, postharvest and during storage

Reference	BBS/E/F/00042717
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor E K Kemsley
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr Nikolaus Wellner
Institution	Quadram Institute Bioscience
Department	Quadram Institute Bioscience Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	6,915
Status	Current
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/10/2014
End date	30/09/2018
Duration	47 months

Abstract

The aim of this research is to determine whether surface reflectance measurements can be used to quantify the quality of stored potato tubers. There is an increasing demand for potato production worldwide from year to year, and a large proportion of crops are stored for some length of time before retail sale or processing. If the tuber quality deteriorates substantially during storage, it must either be discarded or sold for a different and usually less profitable purpose, e.g. for cattle food. It would therefore be beneficial if an analytical technique could be used to monitor the condition of batches of potato tubers, and hence reduce the amount of post-harvest loss. Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) analysis is a simple process that can be performed by an untrained person; it can also be automated by a computer to take measurements remotely. Initial experiments will record the surface spectra from large collections of potato tubers before, during and after storage. A number of advanced multivariate statistical methods will be used to analyse the collected data, with the aim of modelling the quality deterioration process

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Committee	Not funded via Committee
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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