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Study of Tangerine Fruit Sagging in Wholesale Packages during Land Transport |
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| รหัสดีโอไอ | |
| Creator | Bundit Jarimopas |
| Title | Study of Tangerine Fruit Sagging in Wholesale Packages during Land Transport |
| Contributor | Chaiporn Tongpanya, Twearat Tipaywimol, Narumol Boonyakrajang, Malai Kraitong |
| Publisher | Department of Agriculture |
| Publication Year | 2543 |
| Journal Title | Thai Agricultural Research Journal |
| Journal Vol. | 18 |
| Journal No. | 2 |
| Page no. | 137-147 |
| Keyword | Tangerine, fruit package, sagging |
| URL Website | https://at.doa.go.th/journal |
| Website title | Thai Agricultural Research Journal |
| ISSN | 0125-8389 |
| Abstract | This research was to study sagging of tangerine fruits packed in plastic basket during landtransport. Methodology comprised i) random sampling of 27 tangerine baskets placing on 3 layers of thewhole fruit stack layer no.1-the lower, layer no.3- the middle, layer no.5 - the higher] g baskets per layer(3 baskets adjacent to driver cab, 3 baskets at the middle of truck and 3 baskets at the rear end). Therewere totally 6 layers of tangerine basket. ii) measurement of average height of tangerine fruit in basketsbefore truck leaving wholesale market and when arriving the remote retail market, physical characteris-tics the tangerine-number of fruits per basket, basket size. Results showed tangerine of lower and the middle levels sagged equally (5%). That of the higher level sagged less (2.5%). Tangerine no.1 whichwas placed at the rear end sagged 9.4, 7:6 and 4.9% for the lower, the middle and the higher levels respectively, averagely 7.3%. There was tendency indicating fruit sagging increased when packing density was small; on the otherhand, tangerine basket that was packed more tightly showed less sagging. |
