VisionDSS: a low cost portable imaging solution to improve quality, increase productivity and reduce storage losses of premium apple varieties

VisionDSS：一种低成本便携式成像解决方案，可提高优质苹果品种的质量、提高生产率并减少存储损失

• 批准号: 103842
• 金额: $ 79.17万
• 依托单位: WORLDWIDE FRUIT LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=103842
• 关键词: VisionDSS; low; cost; portable; imaging

There is increasing consumer and retailer demand for high-quality UK-grown premium dessert apples, and this will increase further post-BREXIT as retailers favour British produce. However, achieving consistent high quality across variable growing seasons is difficult, and premium varieties are susceptible to storage disorders that can render whole consignments unmarketable, leading to losses of £2.5-8.3Mp.a. In some years, losses of 30% present a serious reputational risk and jeopardise future production and marketing strategies. The pre-harvest factors that lower eating quality and predispose fruit to storage disorders are not yet known, but research has shown that targeted nutrition management can elevate antioxidants in apple tissue that help to mitigate against the development of disorders. However, little is known of the changes in fruit biochemical composition during the growing season that predispose fruit towards storage disorders, and so the development of mitigation strategies has been restricted to adjusting post-harvest, high cost, high stringency storage conditions. New technologies that provide assurance of quality after long-term storage will help to extend the selling season of UK-grown apples and drive import substitution. This project will develop a low-cost, portable vision system, incorporating mathematical models and algorithms to deliver a DSS for growers to inform in-season mitigation strategies and optimum picking times, to identify ‘at risk’ crops pre-harvest, to inform storage and marketing strategies, and to enhance the production, quality and reputation of premium varieties in the UK and globally.

消费者和零售商对英国种植的优质甜点苹果的需求不断增加，随着零售商青睐英国产品，这将在英国脱欧后进一步增加。然而，在不同的生长季节实现一致的高质量是困难的，优质品种容易受到储存障碍的影响，这可能使整个品种无法销售，导致每年损失250万至830万英镑。在某些年份，30%的损失会带来严重的声誉风险，并危及未来的生产和营销战略。降低食用质量和使水果易患储存障碍的收获前因素尚不清楚，但研究表明，有针对性的营养管理可以提高苹果组织中的抗氧化剂，有助于减轻疾病的发展。然而，很少有人知道的水果生化组成的变化，在生长季节，易患水果对贮藏障碍，因此，缓解策略的发展已被限制在调整收获后，高成本，高严格的储存条件。在长期储存后提供质量保证的新技术将有助于延长英国种植的苹果的销售季节，并推动进口替代。该项目将开发一种低成本的便携式视觉系统，结合数学模型和算法，为种植者提供DSS，以告知季节缓解策略和最佳采摘时间，识别收获前的“风险”作物，告知存储和营销策略，并提高英国和全球优质品种的产量，质量和声誉。