While some reports show that physical characteristics of the baru fruits (Dipteryx alata Vog.) differ within and among the Brazilian Savanna regions, a study shows that there are differences in the nutritional composition of baru almonds from different trees from the same Savanna area. It is unknown, however, whether the Savanna’s region influences the nutritional quality of this native almond....

the quality evaluation of agricultural products is one of the key factors in promoting their quality. in this study, a method based on combined image processing technique and artificial neural network was presented. separation of touching almonds under different positions is a very important step in design of grading devices. in this study, an image processing algorithm based on extracting crit...

In comparison to cocoa, little has been reported on the drying of cupuassu almonds that can be used produce cupulate, a chocolate type product. Thus, in this study thermophysical properties dry (moisture = 9.68 % d.b.) were determined as: thermal conductivity (k) 0.14 kW/(m.K), specific heat (cp) 2.86 kJ/(kg.K), diffusivity (?) 4.8·10-5 m²/s, effective (Deff) 9.94·10-10 - 6.29·10-10 m²/s and ac...

Almond is considered the most common and essential nut grown in rainfed area. It has many species wildly distributed Iraqi Kurdistan region, which are called Chaqala by local people. To understand improve characteristics of cultivated almonds, a comprehensive study wild almonds terms population structure genetic diversity needed to transfer new traits into domesticated almonds. So, twelve diffe...