ISSN 2375-1185
African Journal of Agronomy ISSN 2375-1177 Vol. 8 (11), pp. 001-004, November, 2020. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Prediction of carrot firmness based on water content and total soluble solids of carrot
Majid Rashidi* and Mohammad Gholami
Department of Agricultural Machinery, Takestan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Takestan, Iran.
Accepted 21 November, 2020
Abstract
Carrot firmness (FIR) is often determined using difficult and time consuming laboratory tests, but it may be more appropriate and economical to develop a method which uses easily available and known quality characteristics of carrot such as water content (WC) and total soluble solids (TSS). In this study, typical two variables linear regression model for predicting FIR of Nantes carrot based on WC and TSS of carrot was suggested. The statistical results of the study indicated that in order to predict carrot FIR based on WC and TSS of carrot, the two variables linear regression model FIR = -2805.8 + 64.9 WC + 36.4 TSS with R2 = 0.84 can be strongly recommended.
Key words: Carrot, quality characteristics, prediction, modeling, firmness, water content, total soluble solids.