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Performance evaluation of water application attachment in seed drill for dryland farming

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Title Performance evaluation of water application attachment in seed drill for dryland farming
 
Creator Verma, Kanishk
 
Contributor Vijaya Rani
 
Subject Sowing, Seed drilling, Planting equipment, Irrigation, Planting, Yields, Crops, Cultivation equipment, Drying, Tillage equipment
 
Description In India around 75% of area i.e. 108 million hectares is rainfed of total 143 million hectares of arable land. Whereas, in Haryana out of 44.02 lac ha geographical area, 35.65 lac ha is a cultivable land with 8.25 lac ha is rainfed which is about 19 % of the total area. Dry lands contribute 42% of the total food grain production of the country. These areas produce 75% of pulses and more than 90% of sorghum, millet, groundnut from arid and semi-arid regions. Due to dependency on rains the sowing is often delayed in dryland area which substantially reduces the yield of crop upto 35 %. A water application attachment seed drill was designed at COAE&T CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar which provides water to seeds at time of sowing and help farmer to sow seed timely. The machine was tested and evaluated at CCS Haryana Agricultural University Farm. The performance was compared with ridger seeder, seed drill and hand plough. The effective field capacity of water application attachment on seed drill was observed 0.47 ha h-1 at average operating speed of 3.6 km hr-1. The field efficiency calculated was 73%. The water application rate of water application attachment on seed drill was fixed at 3000 l ha-1. Seed emergence per cent in water application attachment on seed drill was 8% higher than ridger seeder, 27% higher than hand plough and 16 % higher than seed drill. Number of plants per meter row length by water application attachment on seed drill was 13 %, 22 % and 18 % higher than ridger seeder, hand plough and seed drill, respectively. Number of pods per plant in water application attachment on seed drill was 8%, 11 % and 12.5% higher than ridger seeder, hand plough and seed drill, respectively. 1000 seed weight by water application attachment on seed drill was 2% higher than ridger seeder, hand plough and seed drill, respectively. Yield in water application attachment on seed drill was 15%, 24% and 27% higher than ridger seeder, hand plough and seed drill, respectively. Thus the water application attachment seed drill may be used by farmer of dryland for timely sowing of crop and increase in production may be achieved.
 
Date 2016-09-17T13:39:58Z
2016-09-17T13:39:58Z
2014
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/77204
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher CCSHAU