Modified strip tillage blades for two-wheel tractor seed drills improves maize crop establishment under conservation agriculture

Hoque, M. Z.; Gathala, Mahesh K.; Hossain, Mohammad Ismail; Ziauddin, A. T. M.; Krupnik, Timothy J.

doi:10.1016/j.deveng.2021.100061

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“…). Higher rotary speeds resulted greater furrow cross sectional areas throwing more soil out of the furrow affecting seed emergence in the studies on modified strip tillage blades for two-wheel tractors for maize crop establishment under conservation agriculture [17]. There was no significant change in furrow cross sectional area with increase in forward speed.…”

Section: Furrow Cross Sectional Areamentioning

confidence: 88%

“…Furrow backfill was measured as the volume of loosened soil retained within the furrow immediately after strip tillage operation [17]. All loose soil remaining in the furrow of 25 cm section was collected carefully by using a scoop Weight of the machine 650 kg 4.…”

Section: Furrow Soil Backfillmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The results indicated that, S, R and V were having significant effect at 1% level and interaction of S & R was having significant effect (17.11 %). A high furrow soil backfill is desired to adequately cover seeds to ensure seed emergence and reduce the risk of bird damage [17]. There was no significant change in furrow soil backfill with increase in forward speed.…”

Section: Furrow Soil Backfillmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Optimization of Machine and Operational Parameters in the Development of Stubble Manager cum Crop Planter

Kumar¹,

Ramana²,

Reddy³

et al. 2023

IJPSS

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Aims: Optimization of machine parameters (type of flail blade and number of strip-till blades per flange) and operational parameters (rotor shaft speed and forward speed) for the development of stubble manager cum crop planter for conservation agriculture. Study Design: Split plot (3 factors); Type of flail blade/number of strip-till blades per flange as main plot and rotor shaft speed and forward speed as sub plots. Place and Duration of Study: Dr. NTR College of Agricultural Engineering, Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh, India. Duration of the study was from August 2020 to July 2022 (24 moths). Methodology: Developed stubble manager cum crop planter as a solution for seeding of rice fallow pulse crops under combine harvested paddy field condition. This machine consists of two consists of stubble managing unit for mulching and strip tillage operations at a time and crop planting unit for placing pulse crop seed in furrow strips opened by stubble managing unit. The stubble managing unit was optimized for mulching parameters (shredding efficiency and paddy residue size reduction) and strip tillage parameters (furrow cross sectional area, furrow backfill and mass median diameter of soil clods) through field evaluation under combine harvested paddy field condition. Results: Interactions between machine and operational parameters were not significant on shredding efficiency. Highest paddy residue size reduction (77.33 %) up to 10 cm was observed with Y-type flail blade at rotor shaft and forward speeds 1650 rpm and 2.5 km h-1. Lowest furrow cross sectional area (20.93 cm2) and highest furrow soil backfill (23.24 %) were obtained with two numbers of strip-till blades per flange at rotor shaft and forward speed 1350 rpm and 2.0 km h-1 respectively. Interactions between machine and operational parameters were not significant on mass median diameter of soil clods. Conclusion: Optimized parameters for the stubble managing unit of the proposed machine were Y-type flail blade, 2-numbers of strip-till blades per flange, rotor shaft speed 1500 rpm and forward speed 2.0 km h-1.

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Section: Furrow Cross Sectional Areamentioning

confidence: 88%

Section: Furrow Soil Backfillmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Furrow Soil Backfillmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Optimization of Machine and Operational Parameters in the Development of Stubble Manager cum Crop Planter

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Reddy³

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IJPSS

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“…This is 120 cm wide, allowing four rows of mustard at 30 cm spacing having 0.14-0.20 ha/h field capacity (Hoque and Gathala, 2018). This seeder uses 48 rotary blades (bent C shape) accomplishes three operations in a single pass (Hoque et al, 2021b), including tillage (up to 5 cm), placement of seed in a T inverted furrow opener (Hoque et al, 2021a), and seed covering by a post-furrow opener roller bar (Islam et al, 2010;Hoque and Gathala, 2018). In conventional agriculture, land preparation takes about two weeks (Hoque and Gathala, 2018).…”

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Mustard production with different tillage practices at Jamalpur

Hossain,

Hoque,

Rahman

et al. 2024

J sci technol environ inform

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Agricultural farming is a complex system that requires ongoing interactions throughout time between all of its various components. An investigation in the field was carried out in the Jamalpur region to expand the production area under the Charland ecosystem and evaluate the efficiency of various tillage techniques in mustard cultivation. On basis of seeding techniques three treatments were taken. The first one was minimum tillage with BARI seeder in single pass tillage and then sowing (T1), the 2nd one was tillage by BARI seeder and then sowing manually in line (T2) and the 3rd one was conventional tillage operation by two wheel tractor then broadcasting (T3) and each of them was introduced with five replications. BARI Sarisha-14, a promising variety of mustard released by BARI (Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute) was used as test crop. Tillage practices showed positive effects on yield parameter characteristics and mustard yields. The highest yield (1.5 tha-1) of BARI Sarisha-14 was achieved under least tillage conditions using a BARI seeder in a single pass of tillage and seeding, based on the information collected. Minimum tillage technology in mustard production is acceptable to the farmer. So, this technology should be practiced on broader scale in mustard production in Jamalpur region.

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Modified strip tillage blades for two-wheel tractor seed drills improves maize crop establishment under conservation agriculture

Cited by 7 publications

References 26 publications

Optimization of Machine and Operational Parameters in the Development of Stubble Manager cum Crop Planter

Optimization of Machine and Operational Parameters in the Development of Stubble Manager cum Crop Planter

Mustard production with different tillage practices at Jamalpur

Design and Performance Evaluation of NPK Briquette Applicator for Small-Scale Upland Crops

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