Comparison of Some Physico-Mechanical Nut and Kernel Properties of Two Walnut (Juglans regia L.) Cultivars

ERCİŞLİ S., Kara M., Ozturk I., Sayinci B., KALKAN F.

NOTULAE BOTANICAE HORTI AGROBOTANICI CLUJ-NAPOCA, cilt.39, sa.2, ss.227-231, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 39 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Dergi Adı: NOTULAE BOTANICAE HORTI AGROBOTANICI CLUJ-NAPOCA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.227-231
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: kernel, nut, physical and mechanical characteristics, walnut, PHYSICAL-PROPERTIES, MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES, MOISTURE-CONTENT, BEHAVIOR
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Some physical such as length, width, thickness, mass, geometric mean diameter, sphericity and surface area and mechanical properties such as deformation at cracking, cracking force, energy absorbed and hardness of nuts and kernels were determined at three orientations first time for two walnut cultivars, namely 'Maras-18' and 'Yalova-1' widely grown in Turkey. For nuts, the average length (45.48 mm), mass (12.70 g), geometric mean diameter (36.83 mm) and surface area (42.66 cm(2)) were the highest in cv. 'Yalova-1' while width (34.18 mm), thickness (33.74 mm), shell thickness (1.48 mm) and sphericity (87.4196) were the highest in cv. 'Maras-18'. For all the loading orientations, the values of deformation at cracking, cracking force, energy absorbed and hardness of cv. 'Maras-18' were higher than those of cv. 'Yalova-1'. The effect of loading orientation to kernel extraction quality was found insignificant for both walnut cultivars.