PIONIRS technology potential does not stop to biomedical applications! Indeed, TD-NIRS can also be succesfully used to non-destructively explore internal properties of any biological tissue, like agri-food products, independently on the status and color of the outside peel.

Our optical measurement results can be correlated with conventional agritech quality parameters (firmness, total soluble solids, acidity) and also detection of internal defects. Development of fruit and canopy sensors, based on innovative photonic technologies, will enable a reliable and non-destructive evaluation of crop quality, directly in the field. This will become of outmost importance for assessing the optimal harvest time, thus supporting new models for efficient use of resources, effective processing of final products and waste reduction, in the direction of fostering precision agriculture.

This technology was (and currently is) tested and validated in several research projects involving universities and research institutions, both in Italy and Europe.