Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) for quality assurance in breeding, cultivation and marketing of high-oleic sunflowers

Abstract

Reliable analytical methods are necessary in order to determine different quality parameters of sunflowers achenes and to realize their optimum utilization in food and non-food industries. For this aim, different near-infrared methods have been developed for ground and intact high-oleic sunflower achenes. These methods determine simultaneously the important quality parameters like oil and protein content and the composition of fatty acids. The methods are adequately exact and more time-and cost-saving than the conventional reference analysis.