PJB-2010-285
MODELING OF SOME PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF WATERMELON (CITRULLUS LANATUS (THUNB.) MANSF.) SEEDS DEPENDING ON MOISTURE CONTENTS AND MINERAL COMPOSITIONS
MUSTAFA PAKSOY1*, CEVAT AYDIN2, ÖNDER TÜRKMEN1 AND MUSA SEYMEN1
Abstract
In this study, mineral contents for human diet and some physical properties that are important for the design of equipments for sowing, harvesting, processing, transportation, sorting, separation and packaging of watermelon seed (cv. Diyarbakır) grown in South Eastern Turkey were determined. Those properties were evaluated as functions of moisture content in the moisture range from 6 to 28% dry basis (d.b.) for the rewetted watermelon seed. Results showed the average length, width, thickness, the geometric mean diameter, sphericity
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