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- Title
Physio-morphological and mechanical properties of chillies for mechanical harvesting.
- Authors
C., Yella Swami; G., Senthil Kumaran; R. K., Naik; B. S., Reddy; A. C., Rathina Kumari
- Abstract
The plants and its produce characteristics are the basis to design a crop specific harvester. The objective of this study was to determine the physical, morphological and mechanical properties of chilli plant and fruits, that can be used in the design of harvester machine. The observations and data were collected by taking measurements at harvesting stage of three chilli cultivars. The fruit bearing behavior of plants was solitary with fruit position erect in Demon F1 and pendent in Arka Meghana and Mahyco Tejaswini. The plant height ranged between 81.76 to 84.87 cm depending on cultivars number of fruits per plant were 170.25, 158.96 and 156.15 in Tehaswini, Arka Meghana and Menon respectively. It was observed that the length and diameter at shoulder of fruits was in the range of 4.97 to 10.44 cm and 0.8 to 1.25 cm, respectively. The moisture content reduced in leaves, stems and fruits as the maturation changed from matured green fruits bearing of plants to semi dry condition. The detachment force of fruits from plants increased as the fruits colour changed from matured green to fully ripened red and there after decreased.
- Subjects
PLANT mechanics; PLANT drying; HARVESTING machinery; SHOULDER
- Publication
Journal of Horticultural Sciences, 2021, Vol 16, Issue 2, p271
- ISSN
0973-354X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24154/jhs.v16i2.1274