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View article: Biochar’s New Role: A Sustainable Amendment for Soil Health and Climate Resilience
Biochar’s New Role: A Sustainable Amendment for Soil Health and Climate Resilience Open
Biochar, a carbon-rich soil amendment produced by pyrolysis of biomass, has emerged as a promising tool for enhancing soil health, agricultural productivity, and carbon sequestration. Biochar can be produced from a wide range of biomass fe…
View article: Scaling Mechanization and Profitability in Maize Cultivation through Innovative Maize Planters along with Agroforestry Approach: Sustainable and Climate Smart Approach to Diversify Rice Based Cereal Systems in Various Regions
Scaling Mechanization and Profitability in Maize Cultivation through Innovative Maize Planters along with Agroforestry Approach: Sustainable and Climate Smart Approach to Diversify Rice Based Cereal Systems in Various Regions Open
Keeping in view declining water tables in India and across the world, low greenhouse gas (GHG) emission and global warming potential (GWP) for maize as compared to rice a study was done on maize planters along with agro forestry concept. T…
View article: Assesment of Boron in Soil, Plant and Irrigation Water under Cotton-wheat Cropping System of Northern India
Assesment of Boron in Soil, Plant and Irrigation Water under Cotton-wheat Cropping System of Northern India Open
Background: The use of high yielding varieties, high analysis fertilizers and intensive cultivation has depleted the fertility of soils particularly with respect to micronutrients. The deficiency of B is expected to be high in coarse-textu…
View article: Optimizing Field Performance of Axial Flow Rotary Combine With Single Rotor and Snap Roll Header for Maize Harvesting
Optimizing Field Performance of Axial Flow Rotary Combine With Single Rotor and Snap Roll Header for Maize Harvesting Open
To study the effect of operational factors on combine performance, a maize combine with snap roll header was tested at feed rates levels of 69.94 Mg h-1, 85.48 Mg h-1, 124.33 Mg h-1 and moisture content levels of 24.45%, 26.03%, 28.90% res…
View article: Multiple Attributed Parametric Review Study on Mechanical Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Harvesters
Multiple Attributed Parametric Review Study on Mechanical Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Harvesters Open
Crop characteristics of cotton are crucial to identify the important crop attributes like plant height, canopy width, sympods and monopods distribution, row spacing which affects the performance of mechanical harvesters. The activity and e…
View article: Technical and Field Evaluation of Tractor Operated Frontal Pre-pruner for Kinnow Mandarin (Citrus reticulata) and Guava (Myrtaceae) Orchard
Technical and Field Evaluation of Tractor Operated Frontal Pre-pruner for Kinnow Mandarin (Citrus reticulata) and Guava (Myrtaceae) Orchard Open
Fruit tree pruning is the cutting and removing of selected parts of a fruit tree. It spans through quite a number of horticultural techniques. Pruning includes cutting branches back, sometimes removing smaller limbs entirely and more so th…
View article: Technical, Field, Economic and Energy Comparison of Cutter Bar Maize Header With Snap Roll Maize Header
Technical, Field, Economic and Energy Comparison of Cutter Bar Maize Header With Snap Roll Maize Header Open
In India, most of the maize combine harvester currently being used employs snap roll type header. This type of header is costly, dependent on row spacing of maize crop and causes losses at headlands during turning. Moreover owing to its he…
View article: Mechanical transplanting of paddy A profitable occupation and sustainable solution
Mechanical transplanting of paddy A profitable occupation and sustainable solution Open
Paddy is the main kharif crop in India occupying nearly 44 million ha area with averageyield of 2.6 t/ha. The paddy transplanting/sowing operation is mostly done manually, whichinvolves a lot of labour, time and human drudgery. Mechanizati…
View article: Technical and field evaluation of tractor operated frontal pre-pruner for Kinnow Mandarin (Citrus reticulata) and Guava (Myrtaceae) orchard
Technical and field evaluation of tractor operated frontal pre-pruner for Kinnow Mandarin (Citrus reticulata) and Guava (Myrtaceae) orchard Open
Fruit tree pruning is the cutting and removing of selected parts of a fruit tree. It spans through quite a number of horticultural techniques. Pruning includes cutting branches back, sometimes removing smaller limbs entirely and more so th…
View article: Comparative Field and Economic Evaluation of Baler for Baling Paddy Straw
Comparative Field and Economic Evaluation of Baler for Baling Paddy Straw Open
A study was conducted to evaluate performance of paddy straw baler on loose paddy straw (system A), after stubble shaver operation (system B) and after stubble shaver along with rake operation (system C). The number of bales per ha and den…
View article: Impact assessment of tractor – operated paddy straw management technologies in Punjab
Impact assessment of tractor – operated paddy straw management technologies in Punjab Open
View article: Performance evaluation of air assisted orchard sprayer
Performance evaluation of air assisted orchard sprayer Open
Field evaluation of an air assisted orchard sprayer was carried out to determine the distribution pattern of the sprayer based on droplet density and volume of spray deposition using droplet analyzer on Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus embli…