PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To estimate the taste of crops under growth precisely and quantitatively without extracting a sample.SOLUTION: A crop taste estimation device 1 includes: food taste component amount estimation means (a food taste component amount estimation part 11a) that estimates a value of a food taste component amount indicating the quality of each taste element at least one selected from basic taste elements of sweetness, bitterness, sourness, saltiness, and deliciousness, and at least one selected from subsidiary taste elements of texture, moisture, and flavor using measurement data which is environmental information surrounding the crops food taste value estimation means (a food taste value estimation part 12a) that estimates a food taste value of each taste element indicating how close the food taste component amount of each taste element is to the target value using the food taste component amount of each taste element estimated by the food taste component amount estimation means and taste estimation means (a taste estimation part 13a) that obtains the estimation value of the taste of the crops using the food taste value of each taste element estimated by the food taste value estimation means.COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT
