Abstract
In this study a farm scale plastic high tunnel hothouse dryer was investigated to dry red chili pepper grown in southeastern Anatolian region. Hothouse dryer was installed in Kahramanmaras where this crop is intensively cultivated. For drying purpose the green stem was removed manually and then material was split into two pieces. The core of seed was also removed. The fleshes of red chili peppers were placed on the shelf as a thin layer by a density of 2 kg/m. In this study the lost of moisture from crop and color change were measured. For first and second harvested red chili peppers drying duration varied between 26 and 27 hours. As the control sun-dried chili peppers was placed by 50 cm height from the ground in outside. The moisture loss from solar dried chili peppers was 2 to 4% higher than that of sun-dried variant. Although the drying time of solar and sun dried crops was similar, it is expected that the solar dried crops would resulted in higher food quality and safety. Thus the color of solar dried chili was much shining red in compare to sun-dried variant. Hothouse dryers have been already tested for different crops in laboratory scale. However, the implementation of farm scale hothouse dryer by using national and international funds would be a proper strategy to provide more information regarding to marketing advantages and management experiences on this issue.
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Drying first and second harvest red chili peppers took 26 to 27 hours.
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e0“For first and second harvested red chili peppers drying duration varied between 26 and 27 hours”
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Solar dried chili peppers lost 2 to 4% more moisture than sun dried peppers.
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e0“The moisture loss from solar dried chili peppers was 2 to 4% higher than that of sun-dried variant”
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Solar and sun drying took similar time.
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e0“the drying time of solar and sun dried crops was similar”
t0“Red Chili Pepper”
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Solar dried chili was brighter red than sun dried chili.
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e0“the color of solar dried chili was much shining red in compare to sun-dried variant”
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The authors expect solar dried crops to have higher food quality and safety.
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e0“it is expected that the solar dried crops would resulted in higher food quality and safety”
t0“Red Chili Pepper”
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The authors recommend implementing farm scale hothouse dryers to learn about marketing advantages and management.
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e0“the implementation of farm scale hothouse dryer by using national and international funds would be a proper strategy to provide more information regarding to marketing advantages and management experiences”
t0“Red Chili Pepper”
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