Mass modeling of green bell pepper fruit with some physical characteristics

Horticultural crops with the similar weight and uniform shape are in high demand in terms of marketing value that used as food. For proper design of grading systems, important relationships among the mass and other properties of fruits such as length, width, thickness, volumes and projected areas must be known. The aim of this research was to measure and present some physical properties of green bell pepper fruits. In addition, Linear, Quadratic, S-curve and Power models were used for mass predication of bell pepper fruits based on measured physical properties. The results showed that all measured physical properties were statically significant at the 1% probability level. For mass predication ofbell pepper fruits, the best and the worst models were obtained based on first projected area and length of the fruits with determination coefficients (R2) of 0.887 and 0.415, respectively. At last, from economical standpoint, mass modeling of green bell pepper based on first projected area is recommended.

Keywords:

green bell pepper , physical characteristics , mass prediction