The importance of choosing whole grains such as brown rice rather than refined grain, i.e., white rice, to maintain a healthy body weight, prevention of cardiovascular diseases, phyto-nutrient qualities associated with health promoting activity equal to or even higher than that o...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/41292
This article focuses on formulation of minimum performance standards (MPS) for tillage machinery such as rotavator, disc harrow and cultivator. The required minimum performance standard of different tillage machinery under sandy loam soil condition is discussed further in this pa...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3731087
For better performance and durability of tractor and machinery during field operations, it is necessary to select a proper matching machine/implement. The purpose of the study was to analyse the effect on parameters affecting to power requirement of power take-off (P.T.O) for rot...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i630558
Soil compaction is an important soil management issue of the sustainable agriculture throughout the world. High weight of tractors and farm machineries increases the concern about the soil compaction. This review act as a guide for farm persons on the negative impact of soil comp...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/40351
In India, 58% of net sown area is under dryland agriculture, where rain is the only source of irrigation water. Sowing is usually done in dryland whenever the ground is wet due to rainfall. But, if there is no rainfall within 30-40 days after sowing, the crop will be under sever...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1530711
A manual ridge vegetable planter was developed for the sowing of vegetable crops on ridges. It consisted of seed metering mechanism- an acrylonitrile butadiene styrene polymer seed-metering roller having cells on its periphery, mainframe, speed reduction unit, handle, seed tube a...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/40526
Physical properties of any seed are vital information for the development of its metering mechanism, processing, and storage system. An experiment was conducted to evaluate physical properties of okra seed of variety 'Varsha Uphar'. The study revealed that the average value of le...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2018/40525