Evaluation of Storage Stability of Date Fruit (Phoenix dactylifera L.) at Two Levels of Relative Humidity Based on Selected Functional Compounds and Image Features

In this study, two known date fruit cultivars (‘Mejhoul’ and ‘Boufeggous’) were pre-treated using convective and infrared drying, and then subjected to cold storage at +4 ◦C using two levels of relative humidity (RH): 55% and 65%. The quality of the date fruit was assessed based on selected phenolic compounds, sugars, color, hardness, weight loss, and some image features at 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 months. The results exhibited non-similar patterns in the changes of phenolic compounds according to...