Variety of Approaches for Generating Volume of Aquara-6 Sunflower Seeds

Abstract

Sunflower is a major oilseed crop in the world. Its seeds are applied to extract oil which gives high nutritional value and can be kept longer than other vegetable oils. In this article, we focus on Aquara-6 sunflower in order to study the way for generating volume of seeds on each head. The distinctive features for this type of sunflower are high yield and large flowers. The aims of this study are to present five ways to calculate the volumes of Aquara-6 sunflower seeds for each head and to compare these methods to volume measurement by replacing them with water of all seeds. This is collected from the physical grain, including width, length, and thickness, of each sunflower head in order to prepare data for calculating volumes of five methods. After that they are estimated via five methods from three regions on sunflower heads and on the whole heads. Moreover, we analyze the comparison between the estimated volumes and the actual volumes of fifteen sunflower heads. The results show that the best way to approximate the volume of seeds on each head is the square pyramid's formular and the second way is the circular cylinder's formular. These methods can be alternative ways to generate the volume of sunflower seeds in the future. In addition, this can be helpful to study the moisture content, especially in the drying process.