Current Research

Currently the Rapid Assessment Unit is conducting research in the areas of horticulture, seafood quality and safety including:

Current projects and future research directions

Aging tropical fish otoliths for harvest management
Fish flavour assessment
Seafood quality and safety assessment
Quality attributes of pineapples
Quality assessment of dairy products
Robotic automation and non-invasive assessment for fruit harvesting and packing.
Rapid and non-invasive assessment of horticultural produce for export requirements.

Grading of sweet corn for defects and packaging requirements
Grading avocados for maturity (dry matter/oil content) and eating quality
Prediction of rot development (shelf life) in avocados for export potential
Grading avocados for impact damage (bruises)
Assessment of microbial levels in prawns
Non-invasive assessment of external and internal quality attributes of brushed potatoes for value adding
Rapid assessment of essential oils in sandalwood
Kiwi fruit quality grading
Quality assessment of mussels
Rapid assessment of bioactive compounds in honey
Profiling eating quality of mangoes
Prediction of Antioxidant levels in Queen Garnet plums
Grading sweetness levels in lychee’s
Identification of colony and nest of origin of weaver ants
Prediction of dietary selectivity in the Green Ringtail Possum
Seagrass nutrition assessment
Leaf litter assessment