Studies on Selected Mechanized Solutions for Efficient Incorporation of Green Manure Crop
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.52151/jae2020571.1699Keywords:
Biomass incorpo-ration, bulk density index, green manure, mixing index, pulverization indexAbstract
A comparative study on incorporation of green manure crop (Sesbania aculeata) with a newly developed tractor operated biomass incorporator (BI) was conducted in contrast to prevailing technologies. Average depth of soil cut with BI (174.7 mm) was significantly higher than rotavator (71.3 mm), disc harrow (114 mm) and disc harrow plus cultivator (121 mm) at crop growth stage I (36 DAS) and stage II (50 DAS). Size of cut with BI (202 mm and 326.5 mm) was significantly lower than disc harrow, disc harrow pluscultivator and mould board plough at crop growth stage I and II. Field capacity of BI and conventional mould board plough was significantly lower than rotavator and disc harrow because of smaller width of coverage of two-bottom implements. Fuel consumption was significantly higher for rotavator at both stages of crop growth. Pulverization index was lowest with rotavator (6.70 mm and 6.98 mm), followed by BI, disc harrow plus cultivator, disc harrow and mould board plough at both crop stages. Bulk density index was significantly high for BI, followed by rotavator, mould board plough, disc harrow plus cultivator and disc harrow at both crop stages. Mixing index with BI (97.1 %) was significantly higher than all other implements. Biomass incorporator resulted in analogous mixing index at both crop stages. For all other implements, decrease in mixing index was recorded.
References
Bahnas O T; Khater A E. 2015. Effect of soil preparation with organic fertilization on soil characteristics and performance of rice mechanical drilling. Agric. Mech. Asia, Afr. Latin Am., 46(3), 19-24.
Beare M H; Wilson P E; Fraser P M; Butler R C. 2002. Management effects of barley residue decomposition, nitrogen release and crop production. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 66, 848-856.
Bhambota S; Manes G S; Prakash A; Dixit A. 2017. Effect of blade shape and rotor speed of rotavator on pulverization and mixing quality in sandy loam soil. Agric. Res. J., 54(3), 394-397.
Dubey L; Dubey M; Jain P. 2015. Role of green manuring in organic farming. Plant Arch., 15(1), 23-26.
Kepner R A; Bainer R; Barger E L. 2005. Principles of Farm Implementry. 3rd Ed., CBS Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 200-207.
Marenya M O. 2015. Characterizing the performance of a deep tilling down-cut rotavator fitted with L-shaped blades. Agric. Mech. Asia, Afr. Latin Am., 46(3), 25-33.
Meena R S; Yadav R S; Meena H; Kumar S; Meena Y K; Singh A. 2015. Towards the current need to enhance legume productivity and soil sustainability worldwide: A book review. J. Clean Prod., 104, 513-515.
Meena B L; Fagodiya R K; Prajapat K; Dotaniya M L; Kaledhonkar M J; Sharma P C; Meena R S; Mitran T; Kumar S. 2018. Legume Green Manuring: An Option for Soil Sustainability. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., Singapore, 389-403.
Mehta M L; Verma S R; Misra S K; Sharma V K. 2005. Testing and Evaluation of Agricultural Implementry. Daya Publishing House, Delhi, pp: 253.
Rao D L N. 2014. Recent advances in biological nitrogen fixation in agricultural systems. In: Proc. Indian Natn. Sci. Acad., 80, 359-378.
Sulieman S; Tran L S P. 2014. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legume nodules: Metabolism and regulatory mechanisms. Int. J. Mol. Sci.,15, 19389-19393.
Verma A. 2019. Development and evaluation of biomass incorporator for green manuring. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
How to Cite
