A new method can speed up the identification of crop defects caused by fungal infections

By: Trademagazin editor Date: 2021. 01. 21. 11:19

Due to the growing importance of food safety and increasingly stringent consumer expectations, increasingly modern technological procedures are also helping to control food quality.

Double-spore mushroom samples showing symptoms of cobweb mold infection (Source: Parrag Victoria)

One such advanced method is hyperspectral imaging, the application of which was also investigated by Parrag Viktória, a doctoral candidate at the Doctoral School of Food Sciences of Szent István University, in the case of champignons, watermelons and ground corn.