Publications in year 2017

Vol. 24, Issue 4



Determination of some physical properties of date palm fruits (cv. Khadrawy and Medjool)

International Agrophysics
Year : 2017
Volumen : 24
Issue : 2
Pages : 271 - 277
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Authors: Manoj Kumar Mahawar1, Kirti Jalgaonkar1, Mukesh Kumar2, Vijay Singh Meena1, Bharat Bhushan1

1Horticultural Processing Division, ICAR – Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering & Technology, Abohar, Punjab-152116, India
2College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, HAU Hisar, Haryana, India
Abstract :

The present investigation was carried out to evaluate some physical properties of date palm fruits cv. Khadrawy and Medjool. Pulp moisture content, seed moisture content, fruit dimensions (Major and minor intercept), arithmetic mean diameter, geometric mean diameter, sphericity, colour values (L, a, b), bulk density, true density, porosity and coefficient of static friction were determined for both the varieties. The determined properties had significant difference in their values which may be due to the distinctive features of both the varieties.

Keywords : date palm, physical properties, Khadrawy, Medjool
Language : english