Improvement of Power Tiller Operated Seeder for Maize Planting | Zendy

Muhammad Arshadul Hoque | Zendy; Mahesh K. Gathala | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Improvement of Power Tiller Operated Seeder for Maize Planting

Author(s) -

Muhammad Arshadul Hoque,

Mahesh K. Gathala

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

fundamental and applied agriculture

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2518-2021

pISSN - 2415-4474

DOI - 10.5455/faa.293468

Subject(s) - seeder , tiller (botany) , sowing , agronomy , agricultural engineering , mathematics , environmental science , engineering , biology

Prime energy source of agriculture in Bangladesh is two-wheel tractor (commonly known as power tiller). Power tiller operated seeder (PTOS) with fluted roller type metering device are adopting by the farmers. These seeders could not be used for planting maize. An initiative was taken to improve the seeder for using maize planting during 2014-15 at Jamalpur. A simple maize conversion kit was developed and attached to the seeder for planting maize. The modified seeder was evaluated in the field and found that desired seed spacing (20 cm) and uniformity (98%) could be achieved. Modified PTOS was tested for full tillage (8.62 t/ha) and strip tillage (8.51 t/ha) comparing with conventional method where machine planting maize gave higher yield than the conventional. Further study is needed to use this for other crops.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research