“Advancing Onion Postharvest Handling Efficiency and Sustainability by Multimodal Quality Sensing, Disease Control, and Waste Stream Management”
Project Director – Dr. Changying “Charlie” Li at cyli@uga.edu
[Supported in Part by USDA-NIFA-SCRI Project No. 2009-02520]
Goal: Enhance onion postharvest handling efficiency and sustainability by integrating more efficient online sorting, reducing storage losses, and managing the waste stream of onions in relation to the following objectives:
- Enhance the efficiency of onion quality sorting by a multimodal sensing platform using X-ray and hyperspectral imaging technologies.
- Develop a gas sensing and tracing method for disease detection in storage and evaluate onion postharvest disease management practices.
- Manage the onion waste stream and mitigate environmental pollution using an anaerobic digestion system.
- Evaluate social implications and economic impacts of these technologies.
- Engage in outreach and technology transfer with stakeholders.
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