Horticultural Studies (HortiS)
2010, Vol 27, Num, 1 (Pages: 33-42)
THE DETERMINATION OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOME CITRUS FRUITS
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1 Batı Akdeniz Tarımsal Araştırma Enstitüsü, Antalya
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In this research, several physical properties of four citrus fruits (Citrus
decumana) variety (Valencia orange, Interdonate Lemon, Red blush grapefruit,
Satsuma mandarin) grown in the Antalya region were determined. These properties
are necessary for the design of equipments for harvesting, processing,
transportation, sorting, separating and packing. In this citrus fruits, the average fruit
length, diameter, the geometric mean diameter, sphericity index, surface area, fruit
mass, volume of fruit, fruit density, bulk density, porosity and projection area in x
and y axis and their standard deviation were determined respectively.
Keywords :
Citrus fruits, Physical properties, Projection area