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
Planting of any crop is very much important as far as the crop growth and yield is concerned. Sugarcane and potato planting is a very labour intensive job and involves considerable human drudgery. India stands second in sugarcane production in the world next to Brazil. In case of...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/43589
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
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