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Vol. 10, Issue 5 (2021)
Performance evaluation of tractor operated hydro mechanical offset rotavator for intra row weeding in orchards
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DM Kadam, AK Shrivastava, Prabhat Kumar Guru, Rohit Namdeo, Avinash Kumar and Yalaka Nandini
DM Kadam, AK Shrivastava, Prabhat Kumar Guru, Rohit Namdeo, Avinash Kumar and Yalaka Nandini
Abstract:
India is one of the most important country in the world which is growing the fruit crops. For saving the time, reduce human drudgery involved in various operations and reducing the cost of all operation in orchards, it need to be mechanized. It has been estimated that weeding cost contributes 30-40% of total cost of cultivation in orchards. Existing weeders, offset rotavators and tractor operated rotavators are available but they can be used only for inter row weeding operation. In order meet the requirement of intra row weeding in orchard, Tractor drawn hydro mechanical auto shift offset rotavator need to be developed and evaluated scientifically in orchard field to check its performance of intra row weeding and improve its suitability for orchard.
India is one of the most important country in the world which is growing the fruit crops. For saving the time, reduce human drudgery involved in various operations and reducing the cost of all operation in orchards, it need to be mechanized. It has been estimated that weeding cost contributes 30-40% of total cost of cultivation in orchards. Existing weeders, offset rotavators and tractor operated rotavators are available but they can be used only for inter row weeding operation. In order meet the requirement of intra row weeding in orchard, Tractor drawn hydro mechanical auto shift offset rotavator need to be developed and evaluated scientifically in orchard field to check its performance of intra row weeding and improve its suitability for orchard.
In this research work the trial of tractor drawn offset rotavator was conducted in 13.10 ha area of JNKVV horticultural farm. The trails were conducted at JNKVV farms and at farmer’s field for orchards (Pomegranate, Mango, Guava and Sapota) during the year 2020. The average values of the soil bulk density, cone index and moisture content was determined as 1722 kg/m3, 898 kN/m2 and 13.44% respectively. Actual field capacity was found as 0.20 ha/h with field efficiency 62.5%. The fuel consumption was found 4.60 lit/h for offset rotavator. Weeding efficiency calculated was found 85%. Plant damage was found as 3.0%. The overall performance of hydro mechanical offset rotavator was found satisfactory for intra row weeding in orchard.
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DM Kadam, AK Shrivastava, Prabhat Kumar Guru, Rohit Namdeo, Avinash Kumar, Yalaka Nandini. Performance evaluation of tractor operated hydro mechanical offset rotavator for intra row weeding in orchards. Pharma Innovation 2021;10(5):1730-1735.
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- E-ISSN Number: 2277-7695
- P-ISSN Number: 2349-8242
- CODEN Code: PIHNBQ
- ZDB-Number: 2663038-2
- IC Journal ID: 7725
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