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Rear‐Mounted Planter for Small Grain Yield Trials 1
Author(s) -
Cobb D. L.,
Doyle B. L.,
Webster J. A.,
Smith D. H.,
Ries D. K.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1977.00021962006900050045x
Subject(s) - seeder , sowing , agronomy , hordeum vulgare , tractor , mathematics , avena , grain yield , yield (engineering) , poaceae , biology , physics , thermodynamics
A four‐row single cone planter that could be easily detached from a tractor was needed for off‐station cereal leaf beetle ( Oulema melanopus (L.)) research plots. The grain box and three disk openers were removed from a small seven‐row drill equipped with a three‐point hitch and a cone seeder with a four‐row divider was installed. A fertilizer attachment was also installed. The length of plots can be easily changed from 2 to 15 m with a variable speed drive which is part of the commercial cone unit. The planter has been successfully used in planting plots of wheat ( Triticum aestivum L. em. Thell.), barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.), and oats ( Avena sativa L.)