Sugar determination in plant is vital in postharvest, physiology and in other related fields but aside from refractometer do you an ideas of an instrument/s use in the field for sugar determination and how accurate it is?
Check https://www.education.com/science-fair/article/measure-sugar-ripe-fruit/
Check https://www.amazon.com/Refractometer-Professional-Beverages-Homebrew-Measurement/dp/B07BBFPS4F
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2015.01.001
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.postharvestinnovation.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Analytical-methds-for-determination-of-sugars-and-sweetness-of-horticultural-products.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiM97KmwIPwAhVPa8AKHVKaDNcQFjAKegQIKBAC&usg=AOvVaw1lMwEhdOBKnmU34qT6ncXl
You can find information on this in every textbook on food analysis.
Thank you Miroslaw Grzesik for answering.
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