The objective is to analyze the possibility of modeling the kernel weight from biometric and morphological parameters of the pine nuts from Pinus pinea, measured through X – ray and image analysis. The overall objective is to support the definition of a pine cone quality assessment methodology at the stand/ farm level in order to provide the landowners with tools for pine cone commercialization and increase by this mean the market transparency.
Pine cone quality assessment with X-Ray
- Category: Wild Nuts & Berries
- Themes: Profitability
- Position in the value chain: Forestry
- Type: Research
- Scale: National
- Country: Portugal
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- Keywords: forest nuts, orchard plantation, pine cone quality, Pinus pinea L., wild harvested, X-Ray
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