Vol. 10 (1) : January-February 2019 issue
Green Farming Vol. 10 (1) : 85-88 ; January-February, 2019
Physical properties of different varieties of tender coconut in Konkan
SANDEEP KUMAR JAINa1* and A.K. SHRIVASTAVAb2
aDepartment of Farm Structure, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dapoli - 415 712 Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Ratnagiri (Maharashtra),
bDeptartment of Farm Power and Machinery, College of Agricultural Engineering, Jabalpur - 482 004 Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (Madhya Pradesh)
Designation : 1Professor *(jsandeep1967@gmail.com), 2Professor & Head
Subject : Agriculture Engineering, Farm Machinery, Energy & Power and Process Engineering
Paper No. : P-7520
Total Pages : 4
Received : 11 January 2019
Revised accepted : 01 February 2019
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Citation :
SANDEEP KUMAR JAIN and A.K. SHRIVASTAVA. 2019. Physical properties of different varieties of tender coconut in Konkan. Green Farming Vol. 10 (1) : 85-88 ; January-February, 2019
ABSTRACT
It was found that on an average height of matured spadix from ground level was 10.1 m whereas; the girth of tree was ranging between 337 to 492 mm. The average weight of spadix was 20.02 kg. The minor axis of peduncle was in the range 17 to 28 mm and its major axis was in the range 28 to 38 mm. The average effective length of peduncle available for cutting the bunch was 205 mm although; it lies between 179 to 251 mm. It was found that the average maximum weight, length, breadth, husk thickness, kernel thickness, kernel weight, husk weight, among the four varieties at three maturity stages were 2.38 kg, 18.48 cm, 16.48 cm, 3.84 cm, 0.59 cm, 203.1 g, 1.79 kg respectively. The average minimum and maximum volume of tender coconut water was found 178.1 and 344.1 cc respectively.
Key words :
Growth parameters, Husk, Kernel, Physical properties, Tender coconut, Volume.
