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Performance evaluation of tractor operated two-row vegetable transplanter

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Title Performance evaluation of tractor operated two-row vegetable transplanter
 
Creator Giri, Richa
 
Contributor Bansal, N.K.
 
Subject Planting equipment, Planting, Vegetables, Land resources, Yields, Fruits, Crops, Costs, Developmental stages, Manpower
 
Description India is the second largest producer of vegetable in the world (ranks next to China only). India
shares 12 percent of world production of vegetables. The present vegetable production in India is 113.5
million tones in an area of 7.2 million hectares with an average productivity of 15.7 t/ha. In Haryana, total
area under vegetables is approximately 298.4 thousand ha and production is 37 lac tones. In India,
transplanting of vegetable seedling is done manually. Manual transplanting is labor consuming, costly and
more fatigue as transplanting is done in a bending posture. To meet the requirements of a vegetable
transplanter a semi-automatic two-row tractor drawn vegetable transplanter developed at PAU, Ludhiana
Thus, there is a need to develop an inclined cell plate type precision planter for Bt. cotton for saving of seed
and labour. The two row vegetable transplanter was evaluated in the field for brinjal and tomato and
compared with the manual transplanting of bare root seedlings. The seedling missing, upright plants, depth
of planting, plants in lying down position, plant mortality and plant population after 20 days of transplanting
was noted for machine and manual transplanting respectively. Vegetable transplanter was evaluated under
field condition and compared with the manual method of transplanting. The average field capacity of the
tractor operated semi-automatic two row vegetable transplanter was 0.09-0.12 ha/h whereas the field
efficiency was 64 to 75 per cent. The seedling missing in brinjal was 2 per cent higher over control. There
was no effect on the upright/lying down seedlings transplanted by machine or manual method. The average
planting depth (0.5 cm) of brinjal and tomato seedlings was higher in manual transplanting in comparison to
machine transplanting. The 4 to 6 per cent plant mortality of brinjal was more in machine transplanting in
comparison to manual transplanting. The plant population (plants /m2) for brinjal and tomato was less by
machine transplanting over control. The yield difference was 0.31 kg per plant at CCS HAU whereas it was
0.10 kg per plant at farmer’s field. The average plant height, number of branches per plant and leaf area
index for brinjal and tomato was more by machine transplanting over control. Seedling missing was 4-5 per
cent higher over control in tomato. There was no effect on the upright/lying down seedlings transplanted by
machine or manual method. Plant mortality in tomato was 4 to 8 per cent more in machine transplanting in
comparison to manual transplanting. The yield per plant for tomato was more after first fruit harvesting by
machine transplanting over control. The saving in time, labor and cost for brinjal crop were 50.3 h/ha, 200
man-hrs/ha and Rs.1775, respectively by use of machine over control. The saving in time, labor and cost for
tomato crop is 62.9 h/ha, 227 man-hrs/ha and Rs.1553, respectively by use of machine over control. A bed
former should be developed which can simultaneously make the beds and transplant the seedling on the
beds, since transplanting on beds is a common practice for vegetables.
 
Date 2016-11-10T14:04:31Z
2016-11-10T14:04:31Z
2010
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/84880
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher CCSHAU