Physical and mechanical properties of mango fruits under different irrigation systems.
El-Gindy A. M., El-Sahar E. A., Abdel-Aziz A. A.
Author Affiliation: Dept. of Agric. Enging., Fac. of Agric., Ain Shams Univ., Shoubra El-Kheima, Cairo, Egypt.
Annals of Agricultural Science (Cairo) 1 : 71-91
Abstract : A study was conducted in Egypt during 1999 and 2000 to investigate the effect of irrigation system on mango fruit physical and mechanical properties. The irrigation systems were: gated pipe; standard bubbler; and low-head bubbler. The low-head bubbler irrigation system resulted in better fruit dimensions, volume, weight, moisture content and pericarp percentage compared to the other systems. Gated pipe irrigation significantly affected fruit shape homogenous, and specific weights of fruit and pericarp. Low-head irrigation produced fruits with higher tolerance to static loading than those produced under the other irrigation treatments. Fruits produced under standard bubbler irrigation showed the highest tolerance to dynamic loading.