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Evaluation of sugarcane cutter planter

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Sugarcane planting is very labour intensive job and involves considerable human drudgery. Planting creates the foundation for a crop and plays an important role in its growth and yield. Study was undertaken to evaluate the performance of two different models of sugarcane planters namely, Khalsa PE-630 type cutter planter and ITI make cutter planter. The field capacity of Khalsa make planter was 0.20 ha/hr with the field efficiency of 87.50% at effective working width of 1.34 m and forward speed of 2.5 km/hr at 2nd low gear. A set length of 32.96 cm with an average overlap of 6.14 cm was observed at the same speed and the required seed rate was 9.0 tonnes per hectare on the other hand field capacity of ITI make planter was observed as 0.21 ha/hr with field efficiency of 76.92% at effective working width of 1.50 m and forward speed of 1.8 km/hr at 1st low gear. A set length of 26.96 cm and an average overlap of 3.68 cm were observed at the same speed. Seed rate required was 9.23 tonnes per hectare.

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  1. Senior Research Fellow and Principal Scientist, Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal - 468 032, Berasia Road, Nabi Bagh, India

    A. Patil & R. N. S. Yadav

  2. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, IGAU, Raipur, India

    A. K. Dave

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Patil, A., Dave, A.K. & Yadav, R.N.S. Evaluation of sugarcane cutter planter. Sugar Tech 6, 121–125 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02942713

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