M. Paksoy
Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Sel9uk, 42031 Konya, Turkey
C. Aydin
Department of Agricultural Machinery, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Sel9uk, 42031 Konya, Turkey
ABSTRACT
In the present study some physical properties of pea seeds at different moisture content (4.47 to 61.23%) were estimated. The results revealed that mean values of seed length, width, thickness, geometric mean diameter, sphericity, seed weight and volume were 9.42, 6.71, 7.42, 8.43 mm, 85.0%, 0.32 g and 0.20 cm3, respectively. As moisture content increased from 4.47 to 61.23%, true density, porosity, projected area and terminal velocity were raised from 1480 to 1990 kg m-3, 62.0 to 75.0%, 52.34 to 91.46 mm2 and 7.67 to 9.75 m sec-1, respectively. Furthermore, bulk density was decreased from 600 to 490 kg m-3 for the same moisture content range.
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M. Paksoy and C. Aydin, 2006. Determination of Some Physical and Mechanical Properties of Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Seeds. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 9: 26-29.
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.26.29
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2006.26.29
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.26.29
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2006.26.29
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