Tomato quality evaluation with image processing: A review

作者：Gastelum Barrios Abraham; Borquez Lopez Rafael A; Rico Garcia Enrique; Toledano Ayala Manuel; Soto Zarazua Genaro M^*

来源：African Journal of Agricultural Research, 2011, 6(14): 3333-3339.

• Tomato quality
• nondestructive method
• image processing

Tomatoes are in high demand because the world population consumes them daily. This research aims to improve tomato production and fruit quality through fruit measurement methods, which have a low impact factor on the fruit and plant during measurements. In the present paper, we present a review of the main attributes, such as color, ripening rate, firmness, shape, size and composition, that determine tomato fruit quality for final consumers; we also overview the methods (invasive destructive and invasive nondestructive) currently used to evaluate these attributes. The future trend in attribute analysis involves the development of portable, low-cost devices that take images directly from crops in the field to instantly determine quality characteristics.

• 出版日期2011-7-18