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Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Classification of fresh and processing strawberry cultivars is important to make the best utilization of different cultivars in processing. The aim of the study was to investigate whether support vector machine (SVM) and extreme learning machine (ELM) could assist the classification of 15 strawberry cultivars. Twenty-two characteristic indexes were analyzed, including not only appearance indexes but also nutritional indexes.

RESULTS:

The results showed that classification accuracies of 100% and 88.52% were obtained by using SVM and ELM with 3-fold cross validation, respectively. Moreover, seven characteristic variables extracted from 22 quality indexes by SVM could make it possible to determine the adaptability of a particular cultivar by measuring relatively small number of indexes.

CONCLUSION:

Both ELM and SVM models are feasible to identify fresh and processing cultivars. However, SVM showed better performance for its accuracy and simplicity, indicating that SVM would be a good choice for classification of strawberry cultivars.

Keywords

Strawberry cultivars classification support vector machine extreme learning machine

1 Introduction

Strawberries (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) are widely consumed due to it has great flavor, bright color, highly desirable taste and contain abundant antioxidants. Strawberry plays an important role in human health because of their high content of essential nutrients and beneficial phytochemicals content, including vitamin C, anthocyanins, dietary fiber and phenolic constituents [1 –3]. Nowadays, wide varieties of strawberry products have been offered on the market, such as juices, jam, and candied fruits.

Strawberry juice is one kind of the most popular strawberry products. The color, aroma, texture and nutrition of strawberry juice are dependent on the strawberry cultivar used in processing. Generally, juice yield, pH, ascorbic acid, total phenolics are indexes to evaluate the adaptability for juice processing [4, 5]. Besides, the activities of endogenous enzymes such as polyphenol oxidase (PPO), peroxidase (POD) and pectin methylesterase (PME) [6] are also considered, since these enzymes have an important impact on the sensory quality of strawberry juices [7]. There were undeniably some limitations using several indexes to reflect the impacts of cultivars on the quality of strawberry juices. However, detection of all kinds of indexes of a cultivar for classification is a time consuming and labor intensive process. The present classification analysis based on appearance is only applicable to the classification of fresh edible varieties, but no description is made for the distinction between fresh and processed varieties. There is still lack of the specific evaluation of quality characteristics for the classification of fresh and processing strawberry cultivars in industry.

SVM and ELM neural networks approaches have been extensively applied to establish cultivar identification and have obtained good classification results combined with modern instrumental analysis methods [8 –10]. SVM classification algorithm is a promising method which has many attractive advantages and excellent performances. It does not need any assumptions about the functional form of the transformation because the kernel implicitly contains a non-linear transformation [11]. It is capable of making both classification and regression. In addition, it does not need a large number of training samples for developing model and it is not affected by the presennce of outliers [12]. SVM, as an outstanding supervised algorithm, aims to find an optimal hyperplane to correctly separate the objects of the different classes as much as possible. SVM could effectively avoid the over-fitting problem because it is based on the structural risk minimum mistake rather than the minimum mistake of the misclassification on training set. Therefore, it has good generalization performance and often performs well on different datasets [13]. ELM was originally developed from feedforward neural networks, and was then developed to the single-hidden layer feedforward neural networks (SLFNs) which randomly chooses the input weights and analytically determines the output weights of SLFNs [14]. Because of its unique network output structure, the ELM algorithm could learn fast with high generalization performance and implement the multi-class classification quickly [10]. It was presented that the accuracy of ELM was better than its competitors in most cases. Moreover, on the classification stage, ELM performed much faster than K-nearest neighbor (KNN), SVM, and back propagation artificial neural networks (BP-ANN). Besides, other methods are not selected for several reasons. Generally, the parameters of the BP-ANN are learned via gradient descent algorithms, which are relatively slow and have many convergence issues such as stopping criteria, learning rate, learning epochs, and local minima; KNN has slow running speed and its classification accuracy depends closely on the dataset and partial least-squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) has sometimes difficulties in yielding satisfactory performance because of nonlinearity and over-fitting [13].

Classification of strawberry cultivars has been studied by several scientists in recent years, based on the combination of mathematical model and evaluation of the appearance of strawberries [15 –17]. For example, Yamamoto et al. used an image analysis system combined with cluster analysis, multidimensional scaling and discriminant analysis of the appearance characteristics to classify strawberry cultivars [15].

In addition, strawberries have multiple features. Therefore, they need to be analyzed simultaneously for correct evaluation of not only appearance but also nutritional components. This study has been designed to compare and classify the fifteen cultivars of strawberries by measuring the following indexes: color indexes (including L*, a* and b*), sugar contents (including sucrose, glucose, fructose, total sugars), total soluble solids (TSS), pH, titratable acid (TA), the ratio of TSS/TA, hardness, pectin content, juice yield, total phenolics (TP), total anthocyanin (ACY), ascorbic acid (AA), antioxidant capacity [including 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity, ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP)] and activities of endogenous enzymes (including PPO, POD and PME). Moreover, SVM and ELM neural networks approaches were used for the classification of 15 strawberries cultivars based on their characteristics indexes and screening of specific indexes which were used to evaluate whether a strawberry cultivar is adapt to juices processing.

2 Materials and methods

2.1 Chemicals

Methanol, acetonitrile and formic acid of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) grade were purchased from Honeywell Burdick & Jackson (SK Chemicals, Seoul, Korea). Folin-ciocalteu’s phenol reagent, ascorbic acid standard, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), sugar standard (sucrose, glucose, fructose), 6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic-acid (Trolox) and 2,4,6-tris(2-pyridyl)-s-triazine (TPTZ) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich Co. (Shanghai, China). Ethanol, hydrochloric acid (HCl), sulfuric acid, phosphate buffer, sodium hydroxide (NaOH), methanal, galacturonic acid, sodium acetate, gallic acid, sodium tetraborate, guaiacol, sodium carbonate, catechol and other chemicals of analytical grade were purchased from Beijing Chemicals Co. (Beijing, China).

2.2 Plant materials

Fruits of fifteen strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) cultivars, including six Japanese cultivars (‘Benihoppe’, ‘Akihime’, ‘Sachinoka’, ‘Japan II’, ‘Saga’, ‘Toyonoka’), nine European and American cultivars (‘Sweet Charlie’, ‘Allstar’, ‘Camarosa’, ‘Cream XI’, ‘Monterey’, ‘San Andreas’, ‘Fugilia’, ‘Albion’, ‘Portola’) were used in this study. ‘Japan II’, ‘Saga’, ‘Toyonoka’, ‘Cream XI’, ‘Sweet Charlie’ and ‘Allstar’ were purchased from Beijing Guangming Temple Fruits Wholesale Market (Beijing, China); ‘Benihoppe’, ‘Akihime’ and ‘Sachinoka’ were purchased from Beijing Xinfade Agricultural Products Wholesale Market (Beijing, China); ‘Camarosa’ was purchased from Tianyi Bioengineering co. LTD (Beijing, China); ‘Monterey’, ‘San Andreas’, ‘Fugilia’, ‘Albion’, ‘Portola’ were purchased from Tianrun Agricultural Development co. LTD (Beijing, China). Fruits of the above cultivars were harvested at commercial ripeness (red ripe).

2.3 Sample preparation

A total of fifteen strawberry cultivars are in 75% ripeness. After harvest or purchase, fresh strawberry fruits were used for hardness and juice yield analysis. Strawberry fruits that were not used in the hardness and juice yield analysis were immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen after the peduncle and calyx were removed, and stored at –80°C for analysis of pH, TSS, TA, the ratio of TSS/TA, pectin content, color indexes, TP, ACY, AA, sugar contents, antioxidant capacity and activities of endogenous enzymes (PPO, POD and PME). At the time of analysis, the frozen strawberry fruits were thawed at 4°C for 12 h, and then were crushed with a beater (MJ-25BM05A, Midea Co., Foshan, Guangdong).

2.4 Physico-chemical indexes

Physico-chemical indexes of strawberry were determined according to the methods proposed by Cao [18]. The values of the pH, TSS, TA, pectin content, hardness, juice yield and the ratio of TSS/TA were determined.

2.5 Color indexes

Color of strawberry fruits was expressed in L* (lightness), a* (greenness [–] to redness [+]) and b* (blueness [–] to yellowness [+]) values. Strawberry samples were filled to the top of a cylindrical sample cup (inner diameter 2 cm and height 1 cm) and were measured using a reflection mode on a color difference meter (SC-80C, Kangguang, Beijing, China). The color difference meter was calibrated using black and white tiles beforehand; A standard color plate (reflectance values L* = 80.55, a* = 81.26, b* = 79.72) was used as reference [19].

2.6 Nutritional indexes

The amount of ACY was determined by using the pH-differential method previously described with some modificaitons and expressed as grams cyanidin 3-glucoside (Cy-3-glu) per kilogram fresh weight (g Cy-3-glu/kg FW) with molecular weight of 449.2 g/mol and a molar absorptivity of 26,900 [20]. The TP content of the fruit samples was measured according to the Folin-Ciocalteu method and expressed as grams gallic acid equivalents (GAE) per kilogram fresh weight (g GAE/kg FW) [21]. A HPLC method was used to determine AA content of strawberry fruits and a modified HPLC method was used for the quantification of sugars (sucrose, glucose, fructose and total sugars) [18].

2.7 Antioxidant capacity

The antioxidant capacity was measured using the DPPH assay previously described and FRAP assay according to the method proposed by Benzie and Strain with some modifications [22]. The results of DPPH and FRAP assays were both expressed as millimole Trolox equivalent (TE) per kilogram fresh weight (mM TE/kg FW) [19].

2.8 Activities of endogenous enzymes

PPO and POD activities was determined spectrophotometrically as the change in absorbance at 420 nm and 470 nm, respectively, which according to the procedure described by Cao with some modifications. PME assay was performed according to potentiometric titration method with some modifications [18].

2.9 Classification model

2.9.1 Support vector machine (SVM) classification model

As an effective classification method, SVM was proposed on the basis of statistical learning theory by Cortes and Vapnik [24]. SVM learning algorithm applies one hidden layer of non-linear neurons, one-output linear neuron and specialized learning procedure leading to the global minimum of the error function and excellent generalization ability of the trained network [24].

In the standard two-class classification problems, a set of training data T = { (x₁, y₁) , (x₂, y₂) , ⋯ , ! (x_l, y_l) } ∈ (X × Y) ^l are given, where the input x_i ∈ X = Rⁿ, the output y_i∈ Y = { − 1, 1 } is binary, and i = 1, 2, …, l. We wish to find a classification rule from the training data, so that when given a new input x_i ∈ X = Rⁿ, we can assign a class y from { − 1, 1} to it. So, we set $A = (x_{1}^{T}, x_{2}^{T}, \dots, x_{m}^{T}) \in R^{m \times n},$ D = diag (y₁, y₂, ⋯ , y_m), and the 1-norm SVM is obtained $\begin{matrix} min \frac{1}{2} {∥ w ∥}_{1} + {Ce}^{T} ξ \\ \begin{matrix} s . t . & D (Aw - eb) \end{matrix} + ξ \geq e \\ ξ \geq 0 \end{matrix}$ (1)

When solving this problem, we can get the classification decision function f (x) = sgn ((w · x) + b).

2.9.2 Extreme learning machine (ELM) classification model

A new learning scheme of feedforward neural networks, ELM was first proposed by Huang et al. [13] Compared with the traditional computational intelligence techniques, ELM provides better generalization performance at an extremely fast learning speed with better nonlinear processing capacity [25]. Classification and regression problems are the main objects of ELM learning algorithm.

Given a training set ℵ ={ (x_i, t_i) |x_i ∈ Rⁿ, t_i ∈ R^m, i = 1, …, N }, here represents the output of f (x) coded by {0, 1 } ^m, i.e., the category vector, then standard SLFNs with $\tilde{N}$ hidden nodes and excitation function g (x) are mathematically modeled as: $\begin{matrix} \sum_{i = 1}^{\tilde{N}} β_{i} g (w_{i} \cdot x_{j} + b_{i}) = t_{j}, & j = 1, \dots, N . \end{matrix}$ (2) where w_i = [w_i1, w_i2, …, w_in] ^T is the weight vector connecting the ith hidden node and the input nodes, w_i · x_j denotes the inner product of w_i and x_j, b_i is the threshold of the ith hidden node, and β_i = [β_i1, β_i2, ⋯ , β_im] ^T is the weight vector connecting the ith hidden node and the output nodes [23]. In addition, sigmoid, sine or radial basis functions (RBF) can be selected as the activation function.

The Equation (2) can be written compactly as: $H β = T,$ (3) where $\begin{matrix} H (\begin{matrix} w_{1}, \dots, w_{\tilde{N}}, & b_{1}, \dots, b_{\tilde{N}}, & x_{1}, \dots, x_{N} \end{matrix}) \\ = {[\begin{matrix} g (w_{1} \cdot x_{1} + b_{1}) & \dots & g (w_{\tilde{N}} \cdot x_{1} + b_{\tilde{N}}) \\ ⋮ & \dots & ⋮ \\ g (w_{1} \cdot x_{N} + b_{1}) & \dots & g (w_{\tilde{N}} \cdot x_{N} + b_{\tilde{N}}) \end{matrix}]}_{N \times \tilde{N}}, \end{matrix}$ (4) $β = {[\begin{matrix} β_{1}^{T} \\ ⋮ \\ β_{\tilde{N}}^{T} \end{matrix}]}_{\tilde{N} \times m}, T = {[\begin{matrix} t_{1}^{T} \\ ⋮ \\ t_{N}^{T} \end{matrix}]}_{N \times m} .$ (5)

It has been proved that one may randomly choose and fix the hidden node indexes and the output weights β can be estimated as: β = H^†T [10]. In addition, in order to obtain more generalization performance, the output weights β can be estimated as [27]: $\hat{β} = {(H^{T} H + λ I)}^{- 1} H^{T} T$ (6) where λ > 0 is a regularized parameter. Therefore, the output weights of ELM can be analytically calculated and can theoretically lead to the global optimal solution.

For an unknown sample $\tilde{x}$ , its category could be obtained by: $category (\tilde{x}) = arg max (\tilde{h} \hat{β})$ (7)

Where $\tilde{h} = [g (w_{1} \cdot \tilde{x} + b_{1}) \dots g (w_{\tilde{N}} \cdot \tilde{x} + b_{\tilde{N}})] .$

2.9.3 Software

All calculations were performed in Matlab 2007a under Windows XP with 3.2GHz CPU and 4GB memory, and the SVM algorithm was implemented with the LIBSVM (Version 2.9) toolbox.

2.10 Statistical analysis

All of the extractions and measurements were performed in triplicate except hardness assay (10 replicates). The experimental data were reported as the means±the standard deviation (SD). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) of the data was evaluated by using SPSS software (version 17.0). Statistic differences with P-values under 0.05 were considered significant and means were evaluated by LSD test.

3 Results and discussion

3.1 Characteristics analysis of different strawberry cultivars

3.1.1 Sugars, TSS, pH, TA, the ratio of TSS/TA analysis

The sugars, TSS, pH, TA, the ratio of TSS/TA indexes of fifteen cultivars are shown in the Table 1. Sugars are the main soluble components in strawberry fruit, with sucrose, glucose and fructose, and accounting for more than 99% of the total sugar content. The total sugar contents were higher in the cvs. ‘Akihime’, ‘Benihoppe’ and ‘Sachinoka’ (from 52.02 to 55.39 g/kg FW) than the fruits of cv. ‘Cream XI’, which contained very small amounts of total sugar (31.73 g/kg FW). Cv. ‘Benihoppe’ had the highest contents of glucose and fructose, thus resulting in a higher amount of total sugar (54.51 g/kg FW). The sugar contents (sucrose, glucose, fructose and total sugars) of 15 strawberry cultivars in this study were in the similar range as in the 13 strawberry cultivars that grown in Slovenia [32]. The TSS values were in the range of 5.83% –10.67%. In the present study, a great variability in sugar and TSS indexes existed among the 15 strawberry cultivars which are in agreement with the previous studies [28 –32].

Table 1
The pH, titratable acid (TA), total soluble solids (TSS), the ratio of TSS/TA, juice yield, hardness, pectin content of fifteen strawberry cultivars

Cultivar pH TA^a (%) TSS (%) TSS/TA Juice yield (%) Hardness (g/cm²) Pectin (g/kg FW)

Japan II 3.49±0.00^h 0.63±0.00^f 9.73±0.06^ef 15.44±0.12^f 60.01±0.02^cde 168.00±0.50^e 1.01±0.04^c

Camarosa 3.26±0.00^c 0.77±0.01^h 8.47±0.55^d 11.00±0.59^d 54.43±0.04^bc 237.63±0.88^j 1.38±0.04^de

Sachinoka 3.58±0.00ⁱ 0.51±0.00^b 9.37±0.06^e 18.52±0.04^h 60.23±0.02^cde 175.50±0.75^f 1.34±0.02^d

Akihime 3.78±0.00^k 0.44±0.00^a 8.80±0.30^d 20.01±0.75ⁱ 67.09±0.00^efgh 190.40±0.40^g 0.90±0.02^b

Benihoppe 3.59±0.00ⁱ 0.57±0.00^d 10.00±0.10^f 17.41±0.13^g 69.58±0.02^gh 196.20±1.40^h 0.71±0.04^a

Cream XI 3.42±0.00^g 0.57±0.00^d 6.67±0.06^b 11.73±0.15^e 65.88±0.02^defg 267.80±0.40^k 0.89±0.03^b

Toyonoka 3.91±0.02^l 0.55±0.01^c 8.60±0.17^d 15.70±0.08^f 62.04±0.02^def 144.63±1.62^c 1.07±0.04^c

Saga 3.73±0.01^g 0.55±0.00^c 8.67±0.12^d 15.66±0.24^f 72.02±0.02^h 206.08±0.00ⁱ 0.83±0.05^b

Sweet Charlie 3.39±0.00^f 0.73±0.00^g 7.23±0.06^c 9.88±0.05^c 54.20±0.01^bc 65.04±0.64^a 1.48±0.07^e

Allstar 3.26±0.01^c 0.60±0.00^e 5.83±0.06^a 9.69±0.09^c 68.80±0.01^fgh 282.50±2.10^l 1.38±0.02^de

Monterey 3.23±0.00^b 0.90±0.01^j 9.70±0.10^ef 10.72±0.16^d 50.43±0.04^ab 147.25±1.00^d 1.58±0.14^f

San Andreas 3.19±0.00^a 1.13±0.00^m 9.53±0.06^e 8.41±0.03^a 49.91±0.05^ab 382.88±0.12ⁿ 1.47±0.02^e

Fugilia 3.31±0.00^e 0.86±0.00ⁱ 7.10±0.00^c 8.23±0.04^a 59.62±0.04^cd 237.80±1.40^j 1.29±0.03^d

Albion 3.20±0.00^a 1.10±0.01^l 10.67±0.06^g 9.65±0.10^c 44.45±0.03^a 318.03±3.47^m 1.75±0.04^g

Portola 3.29±0.00^d 0.94±0.00^k 8.53±0.06^d 9.10±0.08^b 51.42±0.03^ab 127.50±0.50^b 1.62±0.07^f

^aTitratable acidity is expressed as citric acid. ^bData analyses were carried out by using SPSS Version 17.0. Data were represented as mean value±standard deviation (SD) of at least a triplicate analysis. Values in the same column followed by different letters indicate significant differences at P < 0.05 level of LSD test.

Cultivar	pH	TA^a (%)	TSS (%)	TSS/TA	Juice yield (%)	Hardness (g/cm²)	Pectin (g/kg FW)
Japan II	3.49±0.00^h	0.63±0.00^f	9.73±0.06^ef	15.44±0.12^f	60.01±0.02^cde	168.00±0.50^e	1.01±0.04^c
Camarosa	3.26±0.00^c	0.77±0.01^h	8.47±0.55^d	11.00±0.59^d	54.43±0.04^bc	237.63±0.88^j	1.38±0.04^de
Sachinoka	3.58±0.00ⁱ	0.51±0.00^b	9.37±0.06^e	18.52±0.04^h	60.23±0.02^cde	175.50±0.75^f	1.34±0.02^d
Akihime	3.78±0.00^k	0.44±0.00^a	8.80±0.30^d	20.01±0.75ⁱ	67.09±0.00^efgh	190.40±0.40^g	0.90±0.02^b
Benihoppe	3.59±0.00ⁱ	0.57±0.00^d	10.00±0.10^f	17.41±0.13^g	69.58±0.02^gh	196.20±1.40^h	0.71±0.04^a
Cream XI	3.42±0.00^g	0.57±0.00^d	6.67±0.06^b	11.73±0.15^e	65.88±0.02^defg	267.80±0.40^k	0.89±0.03^b
Toyonoka	3.91±0.02^l	0.55±0.01^c	8.60±0.17^d	15.70±0.08^f	62.04±0.02^def	144.63±1.62^c	1.07±0.04^c
Saga	3.73±0.01^g	0.55±0.00^c	8.67±0.12^d	15.66±0.24^f	72.02±0.02^h	206.08±0.00ⁱ	0.83±0.05^b
Sweet Charlie	3.39±0.00^f	0.73±0.00^g	7.23±0.06^c	9.88±0.05^c	54.20±0.01^bc	65.04±0.64^a	1.48±0.07^e
Allstar	3.26±0.01^c	0.60±0.00^e	5.83±0.06^a	9.69±0.09^c	68.80±0.01^fgh	282.50±2.10^l	1.38±0.02^de
Monterey	3.23±0.00^b	0.90±0.01^j	9.70±0.10^ef	10.72±0.16^d	50.43±0.04^ab	147.25±1.00^d	1.58±0.14^f
San Andreas	3.19±0.00^a	1.13±0.00^m	9.53±0.06^e	8.41±0.03^a	49.91±0.05^ab	382.88±0.12ⁿ	1.47±0.02^e
Fugilia	3.31±0.00^e	0.86±0.00ⁱ	7.10±0.00^c	8.23±0.04^a	59.62±0.04^cd	237.80±1.40^j	1.29±0.03^d
Albion	3.20±0.00^a	1.10±0.01^l	10.67±0.06^g	9.65±0.10^c	44.45±0.03^a	318.03±3.47^m	1.75±0.04^g
Portola	3.29±0.00^d	0.94±0.00^k	8.53±0.06^d	9.10±0.08^b	51.42±0.03^ab	127.50±0.50^b	1.62±0.07^f

The ratio of TSS/TA strongly varied among the 15 cultivars, and a 2-fold difference was found between cultivars with the lowest value (‘Fugilia’ and ‘San Andreas’, 8.23 and 8.41) and the highest value (‘Akihime’, 20.01). It has been reported that the ratio of TSS/TA affect the overall flavor of strawberry fruits more than the TSS or TA value alone [4], which has been identified as a major factor determining the quality of strawberry products.

3.1.2 The content of pectin, hardness and juice yield analysis

The content of pectin in the strawberry fruits varied from 0.71 g/kg FW in the cv. ‘Benihoppe’ to 1.75 g/kg FW in the cv. ‘Albion’. Pectin substance is correlated with fruit texture, the degradation of pectin substances results in a reduction of the ability of a juice to hold its solid portion in suspension throughout storage [6].

Fruits of the cv. ‘Sweet Charlie’ were the softest ones, with an average hardness value of 65.04 g/cm². The highest hardness value 382.88 g/cm² was observed in ‘San Andreas’, which is close to 6.0 times as the lowest value. The strawberry fruits with lower value of hardness are extremely prone to mechanical damage during transport and storage, which limits the post-harvest shelf life of the cultivar.

Juice yield is the most important indicator for juice producing. ‘Saga’ exhibited the highest juice yield while ‘Albion’ exhibited the lowest, which were 72.02% and 44.45%, respectively.

3.1.3 Color analysis

The results of color indexes (L*, a*, b*) of 15 strawberry cultivars are shown in the Table 2, which are similar to the results in a previous study [26]. Fruits of cv. ‘Benihoppe’, ‘Sachinoka’ and ‘Toyonoka’ existed the highest L* values of 45.75, 43.76 and 43.30 units, respectively. In contrast, the lowest L* values were observed in the fruits of cvs. ‘Allstar’, ‘Fugilia’ and ‘Monterey’ with the values of 33.88, 34.10 and 34.30 units, respectively. The color of the strawberry fruits is defined by the anthocyanin content; [26] therefore preventing the color deterioration is one of the most important control points for the quality and nutrition of strawberry products.

Table 2
Color parameters (L, a and b) of fifteen strawberry cultivars

Cultivar Color parameters

L a* b*

Japan II 47.35±0.76ⁱ 27.45±0.57^a 13.57±1.10^b

Camarosa 39.17±0.20^e 34.60±0.55^g 18.93±0.13^j

Sachinoka 43.76±0.80^g 28.10±1.47^ab 13.76±0.56^bc

Akihime 41.72±0.12^f 29.45±0.60^b 12.48±0.12^a

Benihoppe 45.75±0.97^h 29.46±0.60^b 15.06±0.32^d

Cream XI 35.93±0.71^bc 32.49±0.13^de 18.00±0.35^ghi

Toyonoka 43.30±0.12^g 31.00±0.23^c 16.35±0.12^e

Saga 41.12±1.96^f 28.74±0.71^ab 14.35±0.31^c

Sweet Charlie 36.64±1.15^bcd 34.04±0.85^fg 18.85±0.66^ij

Allstar 33.88±0.44^a 31.88±0.18^cd 17.71±0.34^fgh

Monterey 34.30±0.47^a 32.79±0.08^def 17.12±0.25^f

San Andreas 38.17±0.80^de 35.90±0.62^h 21.00±0.63^k

Fugilia 34.10±0.48^a 32.51±0.24^de 17.31±0.23^fg

Albion 37.28±0.22^cd 34.41±0.54^g 18.63±0.14^ij

Portola 35.09±0.43^ab 33.91±0.78^efg 18.31±0.66^hij

Data analyses were carried out by using SPSS Version 17.0. Data were represented as mean value±standard deviation (SD) of at least a triplicate analysis. Values in the same column followed by different letters indicate significant differences at P < 0.05 level of LSD test.

Cultivar	Color parameters
Japan II	47.35±0.76ⁱ	27.45±0.57^a	13.57±1.10^b
Camarosa	39.17±0.20^e	34.60±0.55^g	18.93±0.13^j
Sachinoka	43.76±0.80^g	28.10±1.47^ab	13.76±0.56^bc
Akihime	41.72±0.12^f	29.45±0.60^b	12.48±0.12^a
Benihoppe	45.75±0.97^h	29.46±0.60^b	15.06±0.32^d
Cream XI	35.93±0.71^bc	32.49±0.13^de	18.00±0.35^ghi
Toyonoka	43.30±0.12^g	31.00±0.23^c	16.35±0.12^e
Saga	41.12±1.96^f	28.74±0.71^ab	14.35±0.31^c
Sweet Charlie	36.64±1.15^bcd	34.04±0.85^fg	18.85±0.66^ij
Allstar	33.88±0.44^a	31.88±0.18^cd	17.71±0.34^fgh
Monterey	34.30±0.47^a	32.79±0.08^def	17.12±0.25^f
San Andreas	38.17±0.80^de	35.90±0.62^h	21.00±0.63^k
Fugilia	34.10±0.48^a	32.51±0.24^de	17.31±0.23^fg
Albion	37.28±0.22^cd	34.41±0.54^g	18.63±0.14^ij
Portola	35.09±0.43^ab	33.91±0.78^efg	18.31±0.66^hij

Anthocyanins (ACY) are the most abundant polyphenols in strawberry. In this study, the fruits of the cvs. ‘Monterey’, ‘Portola’ and ‘Fugilia’ developed high contents of ACY (from 0.22 to 0.23 g Cy-3-glu/kg FW), while the fruits of the cv. ‘Japan II’ attained very small amounts of ACY (0.05 g Cy-3-glu/kg FW).

3.1.4 TP, ACY, AA contents and activities of key endogenous enzymes

The results for TP, ACY, AA contents as well as sugar contents (sucrose, glucose, fructose and total sugars) of different strawberry cultivars are shown in Table 3. The results pointed to the fact that there are great differences in the TP contents among the fruits from different strawberry cultivars. A high intake of bioactive compounds, especially phenolic compounds, may in fact lower the risk for some diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular and other chronic diseases [2].

Table 3
Total phenolics (TP), total anthocyanin (ACY), ascorbic acid (AA) and sugar contents (sucrose, glucose, fructose and total sugars) of fifteen strawberry cultivars

Cultivar TP (mg GAE/100 g FW) ACY (mg Cy-3-glu/100 g FW) AA (mg/100 g FW) Sugar content (mg/g FW)

Sucrose Glucose Fructose Total sugars

Japan II 161.63±6.94^e 4.92±0.76^a 27.17±0.20^ij 20.90±0.68ⁱ 12.58±0.38^bcd 15.87±0.43^abcd 49.35±1.48^ef

Camarosa 173.10±2.26^f 14.63±0.45^cd 23.96±0.76^f 15.00±0.41^fg 9.87±0.35^a 13.09±0.44^a 37.96±1.18^abc

Sachinoka 131.16±8.16^c 10.13±1.87^bc 31.43±0.35^k 16.30±1.71^gh 15.56±1.41^efg 20.15±1.57^ef 52.02±4.65^f

Akihime 123.31±2.75^b 12.52±1.51^bc 26.43±0.73^hi 22.62±0.53^j 14.55±0.17^def 18.22±0.33^def 55.39±1.01^f

Benihoppe 142.00±7.81^d 8.39±1.16^ab 24.22±0.34^f 17.09±0.40^h 16.80±0.30^g 20.62±0.52^f 54.51±1.22^f

Cream XI 138.25±0.64^cd 16.96±1.55^de 22.12±0.40^d 4.96±0.48^ab 11.92±0.28^abc 14.85±0.52^abc 31.73±0.83^a

Toyonoka 121.49±0.66^b 8.27±1.59^ab 25.41±0.32^g 6.44±1.03^b 15.29±2.25^efg 20.34±2.79^ef 42.08±6.07^bcd

Saga 113.73±2.06^a 10.97±1.15^bc 20.75±0.42^c 8.93±0.68^c 16.48±1.01^fg 20.34±1.29^ef 45.74±2.95^de

Sweet Charlie 181.24±3.67^g 18.62±2.15^def 23.13±0.33^e 3.46±0.19^a 13.88±0.39^cde 17.89±0.58^cdef 35.22±0.95^ab

Allstar 109.34±1.48^a 21.10±3.26^ef 14.32±0.12^a 5.17±0.13^ab 13.10±0.45^bcd 17.42±0.25^cde 35.69±0.79^ab

Monterey 230.69±1.84ⁱ 22.33±1.94^f 19.51±0.42^b 10.96±0.20^d 10.68±0.06^ab 13.69±0.03^ab 35.33±0.25^ab

San Andreas 207.45±3.93^h 18.61±0.23^def 26.10±0.16^gh 12.53±1.29^e 11.67±0.42^abc 15.09±0.52^abc 39.30±0.52^abcd

Fugilia 228.87±6.94ⁱ 23.24±5.24^f 24.49±0.27^f 8.95±0.25^c 12.62±0.24^bcd 16.32±0.27^bcd 37.89±0.74^abc

Albion 214.80±5.32^h 19.06±0.60^def 27.68±0.55^j 14.82±2.19^fg 13.05±1.96^bcd 16.68±2.63^bcd 44.55±6.77^cde

Portola 226.53±3.35ⁱ 22.76±1.34^f 20.13±0.67^bc 14.02±0.54^ef 10.95±0.70^ab 13.84±1.04^ab 38.82±2.23^abc

Data analyses were carried out by using SPSS Version 17.0. Data were represented as mean value±standard deviation (SD) of at least a triplicate analysis. Values in the same column followed by different indicate significant differences at P < 0.05 level of LSD test.

Cultivar	TP (mg GAE/100 g FW)	ACY (mg Cy-3-glu/100 g FW)	AA (mg/100 g FW)	Sugar content (mg/g FW)
Japan II	161.63±6.94^e	4.92±0.76^a	27.17±0.20^ij	20.90±0.68ⁱ	12.58±0.38^bcd	15.87±0.43^abcd	49.35±1.48^ef
Camarosa	173.10±2.26^f	14.63±0.45^cd	23.96±0.76^f	15.00±0.41^fg	9.87±0.35^a	13.09±0.44^a	37.96±1.18^abc
Sachinoka	131.16±8.16^c	10.13±1.87^bc	31.43±0.35^k	16.30±1.71^gh	15.56±1.41^efg	20.15±1.57^ef	52.02±4.65^f
Akihime	123.31±2.75^b	12.52±1.51^bc	26.43±0.73^hi	22.62±0.53^j	14.55±0.17^def	18.22±0.33^def	55.39±1.01^f
Benihoppe	142.00±7.81^d	8.39±1.16^ab	24.22±0.34^f	17.09±0.40^h	16.80±0.30^g	20.62±0.52^f	54.51±1.22^f
Cream XI	138.25±0.64^cd	16.96±1.55^de	22.12±0.40^d	4.96±0.48^ab	11.92±0.28^abc	14.85±0.52^abc	31.73±0.83^a
Toyonoka	121.49±0.66^b	8.27±1.59^ab	25.41±0.32^g	6.44±1.03^b	15.29±2.25^efg	20.34±2.79^ef	42.08±6.07^bcd
Saga	113.73±2.06^a	10.97±1.15^bc	20.75±0.42^c	8.93±0.68^c	16.48±1.01^fg	20.34±1.29^ef	45.74±2.95^de
Sweet Charlie	181.24±3.67^g	18.62±2.15^def	23.13±0.33^e	3.46±0.19^a	13.88±0.39^cde	17.89±0.58^cdef	35.22±0.95^ab
Allstar	109.34±1.48^a	21.10±3.26^ef	14.32±0.12^a	5.17±0.13^ab	13.10±0.45^bcd	17.42±0.25^cde	35.69±0.79^ab
Monterey	230.69±1.84ⁱ	22.33±1.94^f	19.51±0.42^b	10.96±0.20^d	10.68±0.06^ab	13.69±0.03^ab	35.33±0.25^ab
San Andreas	207.45±3.93^h	18.61±0.23^def	26.10±0.16^gh	12.53±1.29^e	11.67±0.42^abc	15.09±0.52^abc	39.30±0.52^abcd
Fugilia	228.87±6.94ⁱ	23.24±5.24^f	24.49±0.27^f	8.95±0.25^c	12.62±0.24^bcd	16.32±0.27^bcd	37.89±0.74^abc
Albion	214.80±5.32^h	19.06±0.60^def	27.68±0.55^j	14.82±2.19^fg	13.05±1.96^bcd	16.68±2.63^bcd	44.55±6.77^cde
Portola	226.53±3.35ⁱ	22.76±1.34^f	20.13±0.67^bc	14.02±0.54^ef	10.95±0.70^ab	13.84±1.04^ab	38.82±2.23^abc

Obviously, there were large variations for antioxidant capacity among 15 strawberry cultivars (Table 4). The fruits of the cv. ‘Portola’ had the highest antioxidant capacity (DPPH, FRAP) values (74.40 and 22.62 mM TE/kg FW, respectively), whereas the lowest antioxidant capacity (DPPH, FRAP) values were observed from the cv. ‘Saga’ (32.17 and 11.10 mM TE/kg FW, respectively). However, the results of the DPPH and FRAP assays for antioxidant capacity were closely correlated in 15 cultivars, suggesting that the two assays are almost comparable and interchangeable in the case of strawberry [34].

Table 4

Antioxidant capacity of fifteen strawberry cultivars

Cultivar	Antioxidant capacity
	DPPH (mM TE/100 g FW)	FRAP (mM TE/100 g FW)
Japan II	5.65±0.22^de	1.53±0.02^d
Camarosa	6.13±0.08^ef	1.71±0.04^e
Sachinoka	5.33±0.17^cd	1.34±0.04^c
Akihime	4.97±0.12^c	1.17±0.02^ab
Benihoppe	3.84±0.22^b	1.26±0.03^bc
Cream XI	5.13±0.02^cd	1.33±0.04^c
Toyonoka	3.96±0.31^b	1.13±0.07^a
Saga	3.21±0.06^a	1.10±0.03^a
Sweet Charlie	5.64±0.14^de	1.76±0.14^e
Allstar	4.34±0.40^b	1.14±0.04^a
Monterey	7.06±0.63^gh	2.18±0.07^g
San Andreas	6.98±0.15^gh	2.04±0.07^f
Fugilia	6.55±0.42^fg	2.21±0.18^g
Albion	7.38±0.17^h	2.21±0.03^g
Portola	7.44±0.34^h	2.26±0.05^g

Data analyses were carried out by using SPSS Version 17.0. Data were represented as mean value±standard deviation (SD) of at least a triplicate analysis. Values in the same column followed by different letters indicate significant differences at P < 0.05 level of LSD test. Abbreviations: DPPH: 2-diphenyl-1-picryhydrazyl radical scavenging activity; FRAP: ferric reducing antioxidant power.

The activities of PPO, POD had significant differences among 15 strawberry cultivars (Table 5). The fruits of cv. ‘Sweet Charlie’ exhibited PPO and POD activities of 0.3481 U/g FW and 1.3129 U/g FW, respectively, which were significantly higher than in any other cultivars. PPO and POD widely exist in all kinds of plants which involved in enzymatic browning, thus not only affect the appearance and flavor, but also reduce the nutrients of fruits and vegetables. The degradation of anthocyanins might be caused by the residual enzyme activities of PPO and POD in strawberry juice, as reported previously [35]. In addition, the activities of PPO and POD cause the degradation of ascorbic acid and polyphenols compounds which could lead to browning discoloration and loss of antioxidant activity of cold stored strawberry fruit [36].

Table 5

Activities of endogenous enzymes (PPO, POD and PME) of fifteen strawberry cultivars

Cultivar	Activities of endogenous enzymes
	PPO (U/g FW)	POD (U/g FW)	PME (U/g FW)
Japan II	0.0104±0.0013^a	1.0600±0.0325^h	0.0043±0.0012^abcd
Camarosa	0.0513±0.0076^de	0.7327±0.0265^e	0.0043±0.0004^abcd
Sachinoka	0.0198±0.0016^b	0.1075±0.0038^a	0.0088±0.0009^f
Akihime	0.0166±0.0013^ab	0.1754±0.0081^b	0.0053±0.0007^d
Benihoppe	0.0276±0.0021^c	0.8604±0.0162^f	0.0067±0.0005^e
Cream XI	0.0571±0.0021^ef	0.8930±0.0423^fg	0.0028±0.0001^a
Toyonoka	0.1043±0.0051ⁱ	1.0497±0.0305^h	0.0034±0.0001^abc
Saga	0.0745±0.0048^g	0.7026±0.0206^de	0.0032±0.0008^abc
Sweet Charlie	0.3481±0.0034^k	1.3129±0.0985^j	0.0075±0.0010^e
Allstar	0.2231±0.0114^j	1.1214±0.0619^hi	0.0050±0.0012^cd
Monterey	0.0632±0.0019^f	0.9468±0.0182^g	0.0048±0.0005^bcd
San Andreas	0.0581±0.0029^ef	0.4449±0.0090^c	0.0041±0.0004^abcd
Fugilia	0.0473±0.0020^d	0.6506±0.0034^d	0.0030±0.0003^ab
Albion	0.0316±0.0008^c	0.8891±0.0229^fg	0.0050±0.0003^cd
Portola	0.0908±0.0037^h	1.1558±0.0326ⁱ	0.0034±0.0006^abc

PME is the main food quality enzyme, which has been found in plants such as strawberry, apple, orange, soybean and tobacco, as well as in pathogenic fungi and bacteria. It catalyzes the hydrolysis of the methyl ester groups from pectin and leads to the formation of a calcium pectate gel [36]. The PME activity of different strawberry cultivars were within the range of 0.0028 U/g FW (cv. ‘Cream XI’) to 0.0088 U/g FW (cv. ‘Sachinoka’) in the current study. The activity of PME has an obviously effect on the observable quality of fresh and processed products, for example, reducing the stability of vegetables and fruits juice [37, 38] Harmful effects of PME activity on cloud stability of juices have been reported in detail [39] Thus, PME control is very important in the maintaining stability of strawberry products.

Great variability existed among the examined cultivars regarding their quality characteristics, and there were also differences compared with previous results. It can be seen from the results that there existed slightly differences on the highest ACY content between our result (0.23 g Cy-3-glu/kg FW) and previously reported papers (0.66 g Cy-3-glu/kg FW) [40]. Moreover, the mean value of sucrose in this study was somewhat higher than that of 13 strawberry cultivars in previous research [33] while the average amounts of glucose and fructose were lower than the corresponding contents. And the results of the antioxidant capacity obtained in this study were somewhat lower than those reported in previous study [41] The variations in physico-chemical and nutritional indexes, antioxidant capacity and activities of endogenous enzymes between different studies can be explained by the differences of genotypes, cultivars, growing conditions, degree of ripeness and post-harvest handling techniques [31]

3.2 Classification analysis based on neural network methods

SVM and ELM were used in the classification of 15 strawberry cultivars based on 22 quality indexes, including physico-chemical indexes (pH, TSS, TA, the ratio of TSS/TA, juice yield, hardness, pectin content), color indexes (L*, a*, b*), nutritional indexes (TP, ACY, AA, sugar contents (sucrose, glucose, fructose, total sugars)), antioxidant capacity (DPPH value, FRAP value) and activities of endogenous enzymes (PPO, POD and PME). In this study, three replications were conducted for each parameter measurement, thus a total 45 strawberry samples were used for classification. Among the 15 strawberry cultivars, six of them are fresh cultivars, and the rest are processing cultivars.

3.2.1 SVM network for classification

In the present study, 1-norm SVM algorithm was applied to build the strawberry cultivar classification model. The first important point is that the choice of kernel function when establish the classification model using SVM algorithm. By choosing an appropriate kernel, we can put more pressure on the similarity between samples. Different kernel functions have been proposed and widely applied in the past researches. Linear, polynomial of a given degree, radial basis function (RBF) and multi-layer perceptron (MLP) are the most popular kernel functions which are generally used for both discrete and continuous data [11].

Compared with other available kernel functions, linear kernel function was chosen in this model. Due to the fact that the precision of the model is greatly influenced by kernel indexes, the parameter should be optimized after selecting the appropriate kernel function [42]. In this model, the parameter C was tuned and set as C = 5000 and the rest indexes of SVM algorithm were set as default. The development of SVM classification model involves two basic steps: training and test phases. In our experiment, one third of the samples were used to generate the model, while the remaining data were used to test the performance of classifier.

Results showed that SVM had good performances on classification, which obtained cultivars classification accuracy of 100% using SVM algorithm with 3-fold cross validation. On the other hand, in the SVM classification model, the ratio of TSS/TA, a* value, hardness, ACY, sucrose, total sugars and PME activity were extracted as characteristic variables from 22 original quality indexes due to their high weight values. Among which the ratio of TSS/TA existed the highest weight value to be 0.48 and a* value existed the second weight value to be 0.36 (Table 6). Therefore, these seven quality indexes are the major factors that determine a cultivars’ processing adaptability. Taking into account the performance of the classification system, implementation of the model on strawberry processing industry is possible.

Table 6
Results of SVM

w1 w2 w3 b1 b2 b3

pH 3.55E-10 0.205557313 1.75E-15

TA –7.31E-11 –6.74E-17 –1.60E-15

TSS –3.58E-14 5.13E-16 1.22E-14

TSS/TA 0.432734448 2.78E-15 0.479830271

Juice yield 2.29E-11 9.62E-17 4.38E-16

L* –2.86E-11 –5.51E-15 2.34E-16

a* 0.077561899 0.204327746 0.355154911

b* –0.452270881 –4.06E-16 –1.61E-14

Hardness –4.43E-11 –0.585662474 –0.006188617

Pectin –2.02E-12 –1.62E-16 –4.45E-15

AA 7.16E-11 2.39E-17 2.69E-14 0.108195048 0.347236825 0.342253725

TP –0.046457285 –6.68E-16 –0.100310089

ACY –1.83E-11 –4.32E-17 –4.47E-16

Sucrose 3.39E-12 8.75E-17 0.156346186

Glucose 0.070039985 0.201181184 1.17E-15

Fructose 0.12088987 5.19E-16 1.49E-15

Total sugars 3.28E-11 0.087718714 0.002479253

PPO –2.94E-12 –4.50E-17 –1.48E-15

POD –1.58E-11 –5.64E-17 –2.36E-15

PME 6.81E-12 5.62E-17 0.062818114

DPPH –4.58E-11 –0.080716547 –3.19E-16

FRAP –0.110853661 –8.54E-17 –5.93E-16

	w1	w2	w3	b1	b2	b3
pH	3.55E-10	0.205557313	1.75E-15
TA	–7.31E-11	–6.74E-17	–1.60E-15
TSS	–3.58E-14	5.13E-16	1.22E-14
TSS/TA	0.432734448	2.78E-15	0.479830271
Juice yield	2.29E-11	9.62E-17	4.38E-16
L*	–2.86E-11	–5.51E-15	2.34E-16
a*	0.077561899	0.204327746	0.355154911
b*	–0.452270881	–4.06E-16	–1.61E-14
Hardness	–4.43E-11	–0.585662474	–0.006188617
Pectin	–2.02E-12	–1.62E-16	–4.45E-15
AA	7.16E-11	2.39E-17	2.69E-14	0.108195048	0.347236825	0.342253725
TP	–0.046457285	–6.68E-16	–0.100310089
ACY	–1.83E-11	–4.32E-17	–4.47E-16
Sucrose	3.39E-12	8.75E-17	0.156346186
Glucose	0.070039985	0.201181184	1.17E-15
Fructose	0.12088987	5.19E-16	1.49E-15
Total sugars	3.28E-11	0.087718714	0.002479253
PPO	–2.94E-12	–4.50E-17	–1.48E-15
POD	–1.58E-11	–5.64E-17	–2.36E-15
PME	6.81E-12	5.62E-17	0.062818114
DPPH	–4.58E-11	–0.080716547	–3.19E-16
FRAP	–0.110853661	–8.54E-17	–5.93E-16

3.2.2 ELM network for classification

ELM method was applied in the study to get the best performance of classification. Here the optimal model indexes should be found. The parameter selection of ELM is relatively simple. The most important step is to determine the numbers of hidden layer nodes of ELM model, which can be obtained by trial and error method. Different numbers of hidden layer nodes affect the precision of ELM significantly. The activation function used in our ELM models is the sigmoidal function g (x) = 1/(1 + exp(− x)). In this experiments, all the inputs values (attributes) have been normalized within [0, 1], while the outputs (targets) have been normalized into the range [–1, 1]. In which, one third of the samples and two thirds of the samples were randomly chosen for training and testing in each trial, respectively. To estimate the influence of different number of hidden nodes, the number of hidden nodes is gradually increased by an internal of 1 and the optimal number of nodes was selected based on cross-validation method. Ideal performance for the classification model was obtained when the number of hidden layer nodes was set as 12, and along with the increase of the number of hidden layer nodes, the classification performance improved very slowly.

3.2.3 Comparative classification performance of SVM and ELM for strawberry cultivars

The classification accuracies for strawberry cultivars of the 1-norm SVM and ELM models reached 100% and 88.52%, respectively (Table 7). According to the ELM classification, ‘Sachinoka’ and ‘Allstar’ cultivars were not classified correctly. Among them, LIBSVM toolbox was used in the implementation of SVM and cross-validation method was used for indexes selecting.

Table 7
A two-class problem confusion matrix of ELM

Positive Prediction Negative Prediction

True Positive 869 106

True Negative 121 884

	Positive Prediction	Negative Prediction
True Positive	869	106
True Negative	121	884

The training speed of ELM is much faster than that of SVM, which is similar to the results of Liu [43]. Due to the fact that cross-validation method is used to select indexes in SVM, it will take long time to select the indexes if the training sample was too large. On the other hand, ELM can achieve ideal classification performance only when the number of hidden nodes is large enough. And because of the unique training method, a global optimal solution could be obtained in one time.

4 Conclusions

The paper has presented the strawberry cultivars classification method by using SVM and ELM algorithm based on quality indexes of strawberry fruits. Fifteen cultivars of strawberries were characterized and compared by measuring their quality indexes. A satisfactory conclusion was reached by using the data of quality indexes obtained in the study to establish strawberry classification models (SVM and ELM). In other words, the classification model obtained by the study can be used to test whether a given unknown strawberry cultivar is suitable for fresh consumption or for juice processing. The SVM and ELM models reached classification accuracies of 100% and 88.52%, respectively. Moreover, seven characteristic variables (the ratio of TSS/TA, a* value, hardness, ACY, sucrose, total sugars, PME activity) extracted by SVM model had a decisive role in the cultivar classification. Thus, SVM was better than ELM in identifying strawberry cultivars because of its accuracy and simplicity. The research demonstrated the possibility to develop a potentially useful classification tool by using SVM algorithm combined with quality analysis.

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China No. 2017YFD0400700, Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest No. 201303073 and Project No. 2012BAD31B05 of the Key Technologies R&D Program of China. Thanks for Liming Yang’s support on the model operation.

The authors declare they have no actual or potential competing financial interests.

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Classification of fresh and processed strawberry cultivars based on quality characteristics by using support vector machine and extreme learning machine

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

RESULTS:

CONCLUSION:

Keywords

1 Introduction

2 Materials and methods

2.1 Chemicals

2.2 Plant materials

2.3 Sample preparation

2.4 Physico-chemical indexes

2.5 Color indexes

2.6 Nutritional indexes

2.7 Antioxidant capacity

2.8 Activities of endogenous enzymes

2.9 Classification model

2.9.1 Support vector machine (SVM) classification model

2.10 Statistical analysis

3 Results and discussion

3.1 Characteristics analysis of different strawberry cultivars

3.1.1 Sugars, TSS, pH, TA, the ratio of TSS/TA analysis

3.1.3 Color analysis

3.2.1 SVM network for classification

3.2.3 Comparative classification performance of SVM and ELM for strawberry cultivars

Table 7 A two-class problem confusion matrix of ELM Positive Prediction Negative Prediction True Positive 869 106 True Negative 121 884

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

References

Table 7
A two-class problem confusion matrix of ELM

Positive Prediction Negative Prediction

True Positive 869 106

True Negative 121 884