STUDIES ON PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SISAL (Agave sisalana) PLANT LEAVES

R.K. NAIK¹*, R.C. DASH², D. BEHERA³, A.K. GOEL^4
1Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, Barrackpore, Kolkata, 700120, India
²College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, 751003, India
³College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, 751003, India
⁴College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, 751003, India
* Corresponding Author : ranjanagrieng@gmail.com

Received : 13-06-2016     Accepted : 01-07-2016     Published : 18-10-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 48       Pages : 2004 - 2007
Int J Agr Sci 8.48 (2016):2004-2007

Keywords : Energy, Fibre, Leaf, Sisal
Academic Editor : Khadraji Ahmed, Jaybhaye R V
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

Sisal plant produces hardest vegetable fibre from the mature leaves.In this study the physical properties of individual elements for sisal (Agave sisalana) plant and leaf were determined using basic measuring devices.A free falling device was fabricated and used to assess the energy required for cutting the sisal leaf at every 0.1 m distance along leaf length and measure the unitary energy. The unitary energy was quantified by the relationship between the leaf cutting energy and transverse sectional area of same cut positions. The unitary energy required for cutting of leaf was found to be 2.38 Jcm-2. The relationship between cutting position, its sectional area andenergygoverns second order polynomial equation with correlation coefficient (R2) near to 1.