ABSTRACT
The research achievements and trends of spectral technology in fast detection of Camellia sinensis growth process information and tea quality information were being reviewed. Spectral technology is a kind of fast, nondestructive, efficient detection technology, which mainly contains infrared spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and mass spectroscopy. The rapid detection of Camellia sinensis growth process information and tea quality is helpful to realize the informatization and automation of tea production and ensure the tea quality and safety. This paper provides a review on its applications containing the detection of tea (Camellia sinensis) growing status(nitrogen, chlorophyll, diseases and insect pest), the discrimination of tea varieties, the grade discrimination of tea, the detection of tea internal quality (catechins, total polyphenols, caffeine, amino acid, pesticide residual and so on), the quality evaluation of tea beverage and tea by-product, the machinery of tea quality determination and discrimination. This paper briefly introduces the trends of the technology of the determination of tea growth process information, sensor and industrial application. In conclusion, spectral technology showed high potential to detect Camellia sinensis growth process information, to predict tea internal quality and to classify tea varieties and grades. Suitable chemometrics and preprocessing methods is helpful to improve the performance of the model and get rid of redundancy, which provides the possibility to develop the portable machinery. Future work is to develop the portable machinery and on-line detection system is recommended to improve the further application. The application and research achievement of spectral technology concerning about tea were outlined in this paper for the first time, which contained Camellia sinensis growth, tea production, the quality and safety of tea and by-produce and so on, as well as some problems to be solved and its future applicability in modern tea industrial.
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Camellia sinensis/growth & development , Spectrum Analysis , Tea/chemistry , Caffeine/analysis , Catechin/analysis , Polyphenols/analysisABSTRACT
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), as a kind of atomic emission spectroscopy, has been considered to be a future new tool for chemical analysis due to its unique features, such as no need of sample preparation, stand-off or remote analysis. What's more it can achieve fast and multi-element analysis. Therefore, LIBS technology is regarded as a future "SurperStar" in the field of chemical analysis and green analytical techniques. At present, rapid and accurate detection and prevention of soil contamination (mainly in pollutants of heavy metals and organic matter) is deemed to be a concerned and serious central issue in modern agriculture and agricultural sustainable development. In this paper, the reseach achievements and trends of soil elements detection based on LIBS technology were being reviewed. The structural composition and foundmental of LIBS system is first briefly introduced. And the paper offers a review of on LIBS applications and fruits including the detection and analysis of major element, nutrient element and heavy metal element. Simultaneously, some studies on soil related metials and fields are briefly stated. The research tendency and developing prospects of LIBS in soil detection are presented at last.