Analysis of Impact Bruise Data of Selected Fruits

Abstract

Impact bruises on fruits during harvesting results in major fruit loses. In this work, an electronic device, a fruit transducer, was used in generating impact bruise data to serve as avenue for obtaining bruise parameters which are measurable quantity that determine critical points which a fruit is bruised Three most produced fruits in Benue State were considered namely, Tangerine (citrus reticulata), common mango (mageferia indica) and Julie mango. Analysis of the bruise data shows damaging drop heights of 3.75m, 3.50m and 3.25m, damaging bruise energy of 3.000, 3.501 and 5.853 and damaging bruise voltages of 7.80V, 9.50V and 12.20V for Tangerine, common mango and Julie mango respectively.