Dataset for localization and classification of Medjool dates in digital images.
Nowadays, harvesting, sorting, and packaging fruit and vegetables are still done manually, despite the hard work this represents. The features that experts commonly use to sorting the date palm fruit are size, color, shape, and texture. Recently, it has started to design and develop artificial vision systems that consider the criteria of size, color, shape, […]
Contamination by Aflatoxins B/G in Food and Commodities Imported in Southern Italy from 2017 to 2020: A Risk-Based Evaluation.
This study reports the results of aflatoxins B/G monitoring in food of vegetal origin, imported in Southern Italy from extra-European Union countries. From 2017 to 2020, we analyzed 1675 samples using an accredited HPLC method with fluorescence detection. We found out 295 samples (17.6%) were contaminated by aflatoxin B1, 204 by aflatoxins B/G (12.2%), while […]
Impacts of Climate Change Interacting Abiotic Factors on Growth, aflD and aflR Gene Expression and Aflatoxin B1 Production by Aspergillus flavus Strains In Vitro and on Pistachio Nuts.
Pistachio nuts are an important economic tree nut crop which is used directly or processed for many food-related activities. They can become colonized by mycotoxigenic spoilage fungi, especially Aspergillus flavus, mainly resulting in contamination with aflatoxins (AFs), especially aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). The prevailing climate in which these crops are grown changes as temperature and atmospheric CO2 levels increase, […]
High-Pressure Carbon Dioxide Use to Control Dried Apricot Pests, Tribolium castaneum and Rhyzopertha dominica, and Assessing the Qualitative Traits of Dried Pieces of Treated Apricot.
One of the new ways of warehouse pest control is the carbon dioxide treatment, which had no residues on the target products. In the present research, at first, CO2 gas was applied to control two important pest species infesting dried apricots. Dry apricots infested with adults of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) or Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) were exposed to CO2 gas pressures correspond […]
Fraud Detection in Batches of Sweet Almonds by Portable Near-Infrared Spectral Devices.
One of the key challenges for the almond industry is how to detect the presence of bitter almonds in commercial batches of sweet almonds. The main aim of this research is to assess the potential of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) by means of using portable instruments in the industry to detect batches of sweet almonds which […]
Brief COVID-19 Update: June 23, 2021
EU-US Suspension of Tariffs Over Aircraft Dispute
EU-US Suspension of Tariffs Over Aircraft Dispute
Brief COVID-19 Update: June 23, 2021
The Scientific Evidence of the Beneficial Properties of Chestnuts, Nuts and Almonds
During an event hosted by ABNC – Brazilian Association of Nuts, Chestnuts and Dried Fruits, last April 27th., Brazilian experts presented the results of their studies. During the webinar promoted by ABNC, Dr. Euler Ribeiro, Cardiologist, Pulmonologist, Geriatrician and Rector of the Open University Foundation of the 3rd Age (UNATI), accompanied by Dr. Ivana Beatrice […]