Development and Evaluation of a Two-Row Revolving Magazine Type Vegetable Transplanter


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Authors

  • Mahesh Kumar Narang Asstt. Agril. Engineer, Dept. of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004
  • I S Dhaliwal Prof. and Head, Dept. of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004
  • Gursahib Singh Manes Research Engineer, Dept. of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004

Abstract

A 2-row vegetable transplanter with revolving magazine type metering mechanism was developed and field evaluated for Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) crop. The seedlings of brinjal crop were grown in 98 cell (single cell volume of 22 cm³) plug trays in soil less media. Plant missing varied from 2.22 to 4.44 per cent. Upright plants (plants having 0 degree to 30 degree planting angle), depth of planting, plant mortality after 20 days were in the range of 85-90 %, 5 to 6 cm and 3.33 to 4 %, respectively. The average field capacity of the machine was 0.122 ha.h?¹ for brinjal crop.

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Submitted

2012-01-10

Published

2011-09-05

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Vol. 48 No. 3 (2011)

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Narang, M. K., Dhaliwal, I. S., & Manes, G. S. (2011). Development and Evaluation of a Two-Row Revolving Magazine Type Vegetable Transplanter. Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 48(3). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JAE/article/view/14642