Non-Destructive Near-Infrared Moisture Detection of Dried Goji (<i>Lycium barbarum</i> L.) Berry

Abstract

To detect the moisture of dried Goji (Lycium barbarum L.) berries nondestructively, a near-infrared (NIR) hyperspectral imager was used for experiments. NIR hyperspectral data were obtained and processed by standard normal variate (SNV) calculation using the MATLAB software v.R2016a. On the basis of the actual moisture of dried Goji berries, the predicted moisture was obtained based on the partial least squares (PLS) algorithm and a prediction model for the moisture of dried goji berries was established. It was found that the moisture of dried Goji berries was responsive to the NIR hyperspectral imager. The established prediction model could accurately predict the moisture of dried goji berries, and its R2-value was 0.9981. The results provide a theoretical basis for the design of non-destructive moisture-detecting equipment for dried Goji berries.

Keywords

• non-destructive detection
• moisture
• goji berry
• <i>L. barbarum</i> polysaccharides
• NIR hyperspectral imaging
• SNV