Physical and Mechanical Properties of Some Peanut Varieties Grown in Mediterranean Environment

Abstract

Abstract Peanut is one of the most important oil crops in Turkey and grown mainly in Adana, Osmaniye and Aydın provinces. Five peanut cultivars (NC-V11, Halisbey, Arioglu 2003, Sultan and Osmaniye 2005), mostly grown in Turkey, were analyzed for the physical and mechanical characteristics of pods to select the most promising candidate. The average length, width, thickness, the geometric mean diameter, sphericity index and rupture force were studied. The results indicated that all the studied traits were varied…