Sorting module for mycosphaerella in cucumbers
Consultants estimate the damage at € 1.10 per meter per year. In a Dutch acreage of 620 hectares, this represents a loss of over 6 million Euro per year. Removing infected cucumbers from the chain at an early stage is therefore desirable.
Despite several studies, mycosphaerella remains a recurring problem. This year, Wageningen UR and Kompany started an investigation with the aim of developing a method to detect and remove the infected cucumbers during the sorting stage. This should lead to a technical solution for the cucumber sector that is financially feasible in terms of investment.
The central question is whether it is possible to detect mycosphaerella on the basis of (hyper) spectral image processing techniques (transmission or reflection) combined with geometric (colour, texture and shape) image analysis techniques. The study builds on the results achieved in a previous project with infrared transmission as detection method.
Source: WageningenUR
