Kunal Bhelave, Atul Kumar Shrivatava and Balveer Singh Meena
Abstract
The physical characteristics of seeds must be studied in order to develop its seed metering mechanism. It was discovered that the physical characteristics of fenugreek, spinach, and radish were useful in the development of seed-metering plates. According to the findings, the length, width, and thickness of fenugreek, spinach, and radish seeds, respectively, ranged from 3.51 to 4.17 mm, 2.91 to 3.74 mm, and 1.56 to 2.36 mm; 3.54 to 4.28 mm, 3.30 to 4.12 mm, and 3.15 to 3.91 mm; and 3.92 to 4.80 mm, 2.78 to 3.59 mm, and 2.03 to 3.01 mm. Fenugreek, spinach, and radish have average diameters for sphericity and geometry that, respectively, range from 75.40 to 76.10% and 2.41 to 3.34 mm, 94.51 to 95.36% and 3.05 to 3.92 mm, and 73.61 to 74.30% and 2.51 to 3.68 mm. Fenugreek, spinach, and radish were among the crops whose bulk density and angle of repose were measured; these values were 0.760 g/cm3 and 15.10°, 0.685 g/cm3 and 16.97°, and 0.608 g/cm3 and 25.10°, respectively.