Date fruit textural features under freezing storage

An innovative approach based on image analysis was used to assess the external quality of fresh and frozen ‘Mejhoul’ and ‘Boufeggous’ date palm cultivars stored for 6 months at −10 °C and −18 °C. Their quality was evaluated, in a non-destructive manner, based on texture features extracted from images acquired using a digital camera and flatbed scanner.

The whole process of image processing was carried out using MATLAB R2024a and Q-MAZDA 23.10 software. The extracted features are reported in the four datasets based on "image acquisition device", "date cultivar", and "Storage temperature".