“…Higher intensity might have increased the molecular vibration, rotation and electronic states of atom which leads to increased temperature and vapor pressure of samples thus increased the diffusion of moisture toward sample surface. Similar results reported in IR drying of whole longan (Nuthong et al, 2011), sour cherry (Chayjan, Kaveh, & Khayati, 2014), kiwifruit (M. C. Zeng et al, 2014), terebinth fruit (Kaveh & Chayjan, 2014), potato (Ruhanian & Movagharnejad, 2016), melon slice (Aktas et al, 2016), pumpkin slice (Ghaboos et al, 2016), peppermint leaves (Ashtiani et al, 2017), apricot (Kayran & Doymaz, 2017), corn (Rahmanian‐Koushkaki et al, 2017), button mushroom slices (Salehi et al, 2017), kiwifruit (Aidani et al, 2017), hazelnut kernel (Ghavidelan & Chayjan, 2017), sweet potato slice (Onwude et al, 2018a, 2018b), lemon slice (Salehi & Kashaninejad, 2018a), grape fruit slice (Salehi & Kashaninejad, 2018b), terebinth fruit (Kaveh et al, 2018), apricot pomace (Kayran & Doymaz, 2019), and dill leaves (Tezcan et al (2021). Doymaz and Kipcak (2019) described the effect of IR power ( p ) on D eff values of black mulberry by the following equation: …”