| Title: | Spatial Variability of Aroma Profiles of Cocoa Trees Obtained through Computer Vision and Machine Learning Modelling: A Cover Photography and High Spatial Remote Sensing Application |
| Author(s): | Fuentes S; Chacon G; Torrico DD; Zarate A; Gonzalez Viejo C; |
| Address: | "School of Agriculture and Food, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia. sfuentes@unimelb.edu.au. School of Agriculture and Food, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia. Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, New Zealand" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1424-8220 (Electronic) 1424-8220 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Cocoa is an important commodity crop, not only to produce chocolate, one of the most complex products from the sensory perspective, but one that commonly grows in developing countries close to the tropics. This paper presents novel techniques applied using cover photography and a novel computer application (VitiCanopy) to assess the canopy architecture of cocoa trees in a commercial plantation in Queensland, Australia. From the cocoa trees monitored, pod samples were collected, fermented, dried, and ground to obtain the aroma profile per tree using gas chromatography. The canopy architecture data were used as inputs in an artificial neural network (ANN) algorithm, with the aroma profile, considering six main aromas, as targets. The ANN model rendered high accuracy (correlation coefficient (R) = 0.82; mean squared error (MSE) = 0.09) with no overfitting. The model was then applied to an aerial image of the whole cocoa field studied to produce canopy vigor, and aroma profile maps up to the tree-by-tree scale. The tool developed could significantly aid the canopy management practices in cocoa trees, which have a direct effect on cocoa quality" |
| Keywords: | "Cacao/*chemistry/metabolism Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Image Processing, Computer-Assisted *Machine Learning Neural Networks, Computer Remote Sensing Technology/*methods Volatile Organic Compounds/*analysis/chemistry VitiCanopy app artificial ne;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineFuentes, Sigfredo Chacon, Gabriela Torrico, Damir D Zarate, Andrea Gonzalez Viejo, Claudia eng Switzerland 2019/08/03 Sensors (Basel). 2019 Jul 11; 19(14):3054. doi: 10.3390/s19143054" |
