Vol. 11, Special Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Vaibhav A Khirodkar, AK Dave, Dr. SH Thakare, RK Naik and AS Ghadge

Abstract:
Weed is one of the important factors in productivity loss in agricultural. It is a major problem in both conventional and organic production systems. The presence of weeds in the crop shared all the important nutrients that were required for the growth of the crop. Weed reduces crop production by 31.5% overall, with 36.5% in kharif and 22.7% in rabi. Indian farmers reduce weeds by up to 10% by using various weed management methods. The weeded was operated on nine different fields on different speeds. The data for various parameters like weeding efficiency, plant damage, gas consumption, energy consumption, theoretical field capacity, effective field capacity, field efficiency, operational time, and cost of weeding by the flame thrower are evaluated by necessary calculation. The overall performance of the flame thrower was found to be better for it. The maximum and minimum weeding efficiency for the flame thrower come in at 91.98% and 87.06%, respectively, with an average of 89.10%. The maximum plant damage percentage for flame thrower was about 7.14% and the minimum is 2.14%. The average plant damage for flame thrower was 4.67%. The gas consumption for flame thrower was around 3.12 kg/ha. Also, the speed of operation for flame weeding is ranges from 0.5 km/h to 1.18 km/h. The average energy consumption for flame thrower is about 218.56 MJ/ha. And the maximum theoretical, effective, and field efficiency for flame thrower was found to be 0.1062, 0.0929, and 91.84%, respectively, while the minimum theoretical, effective, and field efficiency for flame throwers was found to be 0.0413, 0.0450, and 87.54.