Vol. 11, Issue 6 (2022)

Author(s):
Sachin Ghanghas, Vijay Kumar Singh, Sunil Kumar and Amarjit Kalra

Abstract:
India is the world's fifth largest grower of citrus fruits. Kinnow mandarin agriculture accounts for over half of all citrus growing regions. In this study, physical properties of 140 different fruit samples were measured, including fruit diameter, width, height, and weight. The experimental data were fitted using curve fitting tool in the software, and the model were explained using correlation methods i.e. Pearson correlation (PC), Spearman's rho (SR), and Kendall's tau (KT). Fruit diameter found positively correlated with the fruit width (0.989), fruit height (0.908) and weight (0.957) of the fruit as per PC and SR method, whereas found to be in increasing order from fruit height (0.734) to weight (0.848) and finally to fruit width (0.913) with KT method. Regression equations formed with R² value of 0.9771, 0.9219 and 0.8247. The models formed will be useful in various post-harvest operations i.e. sorting, packaging and transportation of the fruit.