“…Near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy, has been used together with pattern recognition methods in order to solve problems about plants classification [10][11][12] , based on morphological 13,14 , chemical 15 and genetics properties 16 . NIR, has also been used on wood samples for forestry applications, specially in prediction of its chemical composition 7,13,[17][18][19][20] mechanical properties, 18,20 and species identification 6,21 .…”