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ABSTRACT. Scab (Fusarium head blight) is a disease that causes wheat kernels to be shriveled, underweight, and difficult to mill. Scab is also a health concern because of the possible concomitant production of the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol. Current official inspection procedures entail manual human inspection. A study was undertaken to explore the possibility of detecting scab-damaged wheat kernels by a near-infrared (NIR) diode array spectrometer. Wheat kernels from three categories (sound, scab-damaged, and mold-damaged)

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