Vibrational Spectroscopy for Plant Varieties and Cultivars Characterization

Vibrational Spectroscopy for Plant Varieties and Cultivars Characterization, Volume 80, provides an overview on the application of vibrational spectroscopy to characterize plant cultivars and varieties. It covers a variety of aspects, including the potential of this technique for taxonomic purposes (species and cultivars/varieties identification), how to discriminate plants according to their ages and geographic regions, how to depict soil properties through plant characteristics, etc. Currently, most of these studies are performed through somewhat laborious techniques. This book presents reliable alternatives to such techniques, while also systematizing information concerning the application of vibration spectroscopy in this context.

1. Introduction and New Trends C. Sousa and J.A. Lopes 2. Biospectroscopy for Plant and Crop Science Paul Skolik, Martin R. McAinsh and Francis L. Martin 3. Vibrational Spectroscopy Methods for Agro-Food Product Analysis Jessica Roberts, Aoife Power, James Chapman, Shaneel Chandra and Daniel Cozzolino 4. Chemometrics Applied to Plant Spectral Analysis Alessandra Biancolillo and Federico Marini 5. Classification and Authentication of Plants by Chemometric Analysis of Spectral Data Daniela de Carvalho Lopes and Antonio J.S. Neto 6. Variety Discrimination of Fruits, Edible Plants, and Other Foodstuffs and Beverages by Infrared Spectroscopy M.J. Lerma-García, V. Cortés, P. Talens and J.M. Barat 7. Application of Chemometric Methods Coupled With Vibrational Spectroscopy for the Discrimination of Plant Cultivars and to Predict Physicochemical Properties Using R Aderval S. Luna and Jefferson S. de Gois 8. Disease Identification: A Review of Vibrational Spectroscopy Applications Treguier Sylvain and Levasseur-Garcia Cecile 9. Plant Disease Monitoring With Vibrational Spectroscopy Yu Zhang, Xin Sun, Sreekala G. Bajwa, Saravanan Sivarajan, John Nowatzki and Mohamed Khan 10. In Situ Visible and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Applied to Vineyards as a Tool for Precision Viticulture Ricardo N.M.J. Páscoa 11. Hyperspectral Analysis for Plant Characterization and Discrimination J.A. Lopes and C. Sousa