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Performance Testing of the Rotary Paddy Weeder with Different Angle of Blade


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1 Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Vaugh School of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Allahabad (U.P.), India
2 Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Krishak Nagar, Raipur (C.G.), India
     

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Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important crop which is being cultivated most extensively through the world and is considered as staple food crop of more than 60 per cent of world's population. In India weed control is one of the major problems in rice cultivation according for a major share in the cost of cultivation. About 60 per cent of the cost of cultivation of the Kharif crops goes in weed control alone. The cost of weeding can be substantially reduce by Introducing improve weeding tools. Six serrated blades were fixed on bush drum, shaft of diameter 2.5 cm with axle of 1.1 cm diameter. The blades was fixed with three different angels on the bush drum in different weeder, was 10°, 15° and straight. Its performance was compared with conventional manual weeding. Using it in wet field condition the field capacity of 80 to 85 per cent during the operation. It was found that weeder with straight blade angles gave highest weeding efficiency other than two weeding methods.

Keywords

Rotary Weeder, Paddy Weeder, Weed Management, Intercultural Tool.
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  • Performance Testing of the Rotary Paddy Weeder with Different Angle of Blade

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Authors

Anisa
Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Vaugh School of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Allahabad (U.P.), India
Geeta
Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Krishak Nagar, Raipur (C.G.), India

Abstract


Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important crop which is being cultivated most extensively through the world and is considered as staple food crop of more than 60 per cent of world's population. In India weed control is one of the major problems in rice cultivation according for a major share in the cost of cultivation. About 60 per cent of the cost of cultivation of the Kharif crops goes in weed control alone. The cost of weeding can be substantially reduce by Introducing improve weeding tools. Six serrated blades were fixed on bush drum, shaft of diameter 2.5 cm with axle of 1.1 cm diameter. The blades was fixed with three different angels on the bush drum in different weeder, was 10°, 15° and straight. Its performance was compared with conventional manual weeding. Using it in wet field condition the field capacity of 80 to 85 per cent during the operation. It was found that weeder with straight blade angles gave highest weeding efficiency other than two weeding methods.

Keywords


Rotary Weeder, Paddy Weeder, Weed Management, Intercultural Tool.

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