Browntop millet (Urochloa ramose L.) known as 'korale' in Karnataka is an annual warm-season grass often used as a forage crop gaining importance because of its nutritional qualities. Very fewer researches have been done so far on the millet. The research was conducted to determine the physical properties of the browntop millet. The physical properties were determined at moisture content 11.2 ± 0.16 (w.b). The mean values of length, width and thickness of the browntop millet were found to be 3.00 ± 0.21, 1.79 ± 0.10 and 1.15 ± 0.09 mm, respectively. The geometric mean diameter and arithmetic mean diameter were 1.82 ± 0.09 and 1.99 ± 0.1 mm, respectively. The mean weight of 1000 browntop millet seeds was 3.42 ± 0.14 g. The bulk density and true density were 601.17 ± 4.08 and 1305.47±95.5 kg/m 3 , respectively. The mean porosity, aspect ratio and sphericity were found to be 53.74 ± 3.23, 58.58 ± 3.84 and 59.82 ± 2.60%, respectively. The shape of the browntop millet was oval. The angle of repose was 27°47' ± 0.21 and the coefficient of friction for the three surfaces namely, Glass, Aluminum and Wooden Sheets were 0.62 ± 0.0009, 0.59 ± 0.0051 and 0.6 ± 0.0063, respectively. The terminal velocity was 7.2 m/sec. The tristimulous colour values (L*, a* and b*) were found to be 60.45 ± 0.44, 3.78 ± 0.06 and 14.71 ± 0.33, respectively. Hence this study helps agricultural and food engineers, designers, scientists and processors towards design of equipment and efficient process for browntop millet grain processing.

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Pradesh (India) to identify potential genotypes for twelve quantitative traits among fifty three genotypes of chilli (Capsicum annuum L.). The analysis of variance revealed significant differences among the genotypes for all the twelve characters indicating the presence of genetic variability among the genotypes. Among fifty three genotypes, the genotype Meghalaya Local recorded maximum plant height, plant spread and number of primary branches per plant. Whereas, the genotype IHR 2900 recorded the earliest for days to 50 per cent flowering and days to 50 per cent ripening. However, the maximum red ripe fruit yield was recorded in genotype IHR 4611. Meghalaya Local recorded maximum number of fruits per plant, whereas, California Wonder was recorded maximum fruit length, fruit width and fruit weight. The genotype IHR 3478 recorded highest number of seeds per fruit, whereas, the genotype IHR 4604 recorded highest 1000 seed weight. The characters showing wide range of variation provide an ample scope for selecting superior types and the selected genotypes can be used in further breeding programme.

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