Volume modeling of different types of pepper fruits with some physical characteristics

WOS: 000286039800065The pepper crop has an important place worldwide in both industrial use and daily nourishment. In this investigation, seven different crop models were devised and a computer program was developed in order to analytically estimate the volumes of the pepper types Conic, Bell, Wax, Paprika, Jalepeno, Long Green and Tomato. The investigation was carried out in five main steps: field experiments, laboratory measurements, modeling process, determination of the validity of the crop models and design of the computer program. According to the results from these processes, values of the Multiple Determination Coefficients were 0.9055, 0.8583, 0.8468, 0.9139, 0.7952, 0.9123 and 0.9478 for Conic, Bell, Wax, Paprika, Jalepeno, Long Green and Tomato peppers, respectively. The actual volume of the pepper fruits harvested at the end of the field experiments and the results from the model solutions were compared. The correlation coefficients between them were 0.9516, 0.9265, 0.9202, 0.9560, 0.8917, 0.9552 and 0.9735 for Conic, Bell, Wax, Paprika, Jalepeno, Long Green and Tomato peppers, respectively. The results from the model solution were statistically significant (P <= 0.01)