Open AccessDevelopment, Fabrication and Evaluation of Semi-Automatic Field Crop Transplanter
Author(s) -
Nasir Salim Hassen*,
Nadir F. Almubarak
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of innovative technology and exploring engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2278-3075
DOI - 10.35940/ijitee.l3457.1081219
Subject(s) - transplanting , sowing , agricultural engineering , seedling , crop , agronomy , agriculture , field (mathematics) , precision agriculture , mathematics , environmental science , engineering , biology , ecology , pure mathematics
Increase the area allocated for field crops cultivation requires moving from manual agriculture to mechanical farming. The aim of this study is development, fabrication and evaluation semi-automatic field crop transplanter. Performance evaluation of the transplanter was carried out for transplanting of 20-25, 25-30, and 30-35 cm corn seedlings at three forward speed levels of 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5 km h-1 under actual field conditions in terms of plant spacing, planting depth, and missing plant index. The transplanter precisely plants seedlings into ground. The effect of seedling height on the planting depth was found to be significant. In addition, plant missing percentage increased with increasing of forward speed