High-Throughput Phenotyping of Fire Blight Disease Symptoms Using Sensing Techniques in Apple.

Washington State produces about 70% of total fresh market apples in the United States. One of the primary goals of apple breeding programs is the development of new cultivars resistant to devastating diseases such as fire blight. The overall objective of this study was to investigate high-throughput phenotyping techniques to evaluate fire blight disease symptoms in apple trees.

Hyperspectral Imaging and Spectrometry-Derived Spectral Features for Bitter Pit Detection in Storage Apples.

Bitter pit is one of the most important disorders in apples. Some of the fresh market apple varieties are susceptible to bitter pit disorder. In this study, visible⁻near-infrared spectrometry-based reflectance spectral data (350⁻2500 nm) were acquired from 2014, 2015 and 2016 harvest produce after 63 days of storage at 5 °C.