Neem (Azadirachta indica) fruits are an important source for oil extraction and biopesticide production; however, post-harvest cleaning is predominantly carried out manually due to the lack of crop-specific winnowing machines. The physical and aerodynamic characteristics of neem...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i24066
Harvesting of neem fruits can be done either by ground picking, shaking off the tree, or directly stripping from the branches. Since the manual collection of neem fruits is a labor-intensive process, consuming around 30 per cent of harvesting time, a simple mechanical system for...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2024/v46i22307
India is one of the leading producers of neem in the world. But still, there is no mechanical system available for either harvesting the neem fruits from the tree or collecting the neem fruits from the ground. Also, the manual ground collection of neem fruit is a very laborious a...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i1131199
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) revolutionizes rice cultivation through innovative practices. It is a methodology that enhances rice yields by optimizing plant growth and resource utilization. This study, conducted in 2023 at TNAU, Coimbatore, India, focuses on the optim...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102946
Aims: To design a mechanical transplanting mechanism for tissue culture banana plantlets, physical and mechanical properties such as mass, height of plantlet, pseudostem height from tray to first leaf, pseudostem diameter between root plug and first leaf, root plug dimension, moi...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3030972