National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Physical properties of cotton bolls play a very important role in designing a cotton picker or cotton harvester. The various physical properties of cotton bolls viz., weight, size, volume, density, moisture content and force required to pick cotton bolls from plants were measured. The mean weight of bolls was 4.24 gm and ranged from 3.15 to 7.74 gm. The mean diameter was 37.03 mm and ranged from 27.39 to 47.91 mm. The mean volume of cotton boll was 29082.23 mm3 and average ranged from 20544.16 to 54658.77 mm3. Density of cotton boll was calculated by dividing theoretical weight of cotton boll with its volume. The mean value of density of cotton boll was 0.000147 g/mm3 and ranged from 0.000126 to 0.000192 g/mm3. The moisture content ranged from 5.0 to 8.6 per cent. It was observed that average force 3.14 N (320.7 g) was required to pick the cotton bolls.
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