Study of crop stem lodging and the importance of suitable device for the measurement of crop strength
Author(s):
Asha KR, HL Kushwaha, Adarsh Kumar and Rajeev Kumar
Abstract:Crop strength analysis and lodging are common problems for most field crops. Scientific methodology to quantify the difference in susceptibility to lodging for different varieties of crops is required for this purpose. The lodging nature of a crop plant is generally quantified with its stem strength. Considering this, a study was conducted to find out the lodging nature in the actual field conditions and extract the requirements of a suitable device to use the in-situ measurement of the crop stem strength. The traditional unit constraints such as time, floor spacing, maintenance, expansiveness and bulky instrument size need to be considered and minimized to work in the field.
Competing Interest: The authors have declared that no competing interest exists.
How to cite this article:
Asha KR, HL Kushwaha, Adarsh Kumar, Rajeev Kumar. Study of crop stem lodging and the importance of suitable device for the measurement of crop strength. Pharma Innovation 2023;12(2):2068-2071.