The Application of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Agriculture—2nd Edition
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2025 | Viewed by 117
Special Issue Editors
Interests: near-infrared spectroscopy; electronic nose; multivariate data analysis; chemometrics; food quality
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Interests: near-infrared spectroscopy; animal nutrition; feed technology; quality assessment; aroma sensing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Following the first Agriculture Special Issue on "The Application of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Agriculture", a second edition with the same subject, editorial team, and submission process is being launched by the Editorial Office.
After first appearing in agriculture, near-infrared spectroscopy has expanded to many other scientific and industrial fields, especially after the middle of the 20th century, when Karl Norris at the USDA and his pioneer fellows around the world laid down the principles of this technology. Due to the recent developments in hardware and software technologies, NIR technology is now routinely used even by non-specialists in a wide variety of applications. As it is often used in agriculture without or with few highly complex natural samples, it is very important to learn about the effects of the various factors influencing its performance, including sampling, sample preparation, and measurement presentation, physical and chemical matrices, spectrometer technology, data pretreatment and evaluation methods, interpretation of the results, spectroscopic relevance of the targeted estimate, or user care at any stage.
This Special Issue will collect studies discussing NIR spectroscopy’s recent development for agricultural product characterization at any point of the supply chain, from soil to feed and food. Studies summarizing experiences with novel sample matrices, hardware technologies, in-line or field applications, and data evaluation protocols are highly favoured. Comparisons with other non-targeted, targeted, rapid, or classical analytical approaches will be acknowledged.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Agronomy.
Dr. George Bazar
Prof. Dr. Tamás Tóth
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- near-infrared spectroscopy
- chemometrics
- crop production
- horticulture
- animal husbandry
- soil
- feed
- food
- fruit
- crop
- animal product
- milk
- dairy
- meat
- egg
- honey
- quality assessment
- process analytical technique
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