Development and evaluation of manually operated plastic mulch and drip laying machine for horticultural crops

Authors

  • Korla Harshavardhan Department of Agricultural Engineering, School of Agriculture and Bio-Engineering, Centurion University of Tech-noogy and Management, Paralakhemundi – 761 211, Odisha Author
  • A K Shrivastava College of Agricultural Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur – 482 004, Madhya Pradesh Author
  • S S Sivakumar Agricultural Engineering, College and Research Institute, Kumulur - 621 712, Tamil Nadu Author
  • J John Gunasekar Department of Crop Management, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Thanjavur - 614 902, Tamil Nadu Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52151/aet2022462.1568

Abstract

In order to increase production and productivity of vegetables a manually operated plastic mulch sheet and drip laying machine was designed, developed and evaluated in the actual field conditions. The total time required to lay mulch sheet with developed machine was 21.27 man-h/ha at a speed of 1.05 km/h. The theoretical field capacity, actual field capacity and field efficiency of the developed prototype was observed as 0.114 ha/h, 0.094 ha/h and 82.45% respectively.

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Published

2025-05-17

Issue

Vol. 46 No. 2 (2022): Changing Dynamics of Agricultural Engineering for Atmanirbhar Krishi

Section

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