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PERFORMANCE OF A MACHINE FOR SHALLOW HOEING AROUND PLANTS

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Last updated: 26 Dec 2024

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Agricultural Power and Machinery Engineering

Abstract

The main aim of this research was to evaluate the performance of a hand steering brush cutter for shallow hoeing around plants in order to achieve both very accurate transverse and longitudinal positional control to avoid crop damage. Field tests were carried out in the cucumber field under average three values of the soil moisture contents 31.2 %, 25.4 and 20.1 %. The brush cutter was tested using three types of hoeing blades (standard, weed brush and weeding plate) at average possible forward speed for the labor to maintain continuous operation 0.1 m/s (0.36 km/h). The field experiments of the machine showed that, in the case of using the hoe blade standard, the weeds were mowed only without soil agitation after hoeing. While in the case of using weed brush and weeding plate, the weeds were uprooted or killed with shallow agitation of the soil after hoeing. The weed control efficiency ranged from 61 to 98 % according to the used hoeing blades and the soil moisture contents. Injured plants percentage was always less than 0.5 % and may rarely be more than 1.0 %. The actual field capacity was 0.118, 0.111 and 0.108 fed/h by using hoe blade standard, weed brush and weeding plate, respectively. The total cost to hoe one feddan (Shallow hoeing around plants for raking weeds) by using the hoe blade standard, weed brush and weeding plate were 180, 190 and 200 L.E, respectively.

DOI

10.21608/mjae.2021.109214.1055

Keywords

Weeder, weed control, Brush cutter, Power weeder, Cultivator, Mowing, hoeing

Authors

First Name

Nabil S.

Last Name

Elkaoud

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Affiliation

Assoc. Prof., Fac. of Ag. Eng., Al-Azhar U. (Assiut Branch), Egypt.

Email

nabilelkaoud.50@azhar.edu.eg

City

Assiut

Orcid

0000-0001-7291-8564

First Name

Wael A.

Last Name

El Magd

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Assist. Prof., Fac. of Ag. Eng., Al-Azhar U. (Assiut Branch), Egypt.

Email

waelshaban.50@azhar.edu.eg

City

اسيوط

Orcid

0000-0002-1262-6372

First Name

Ahmed M.

Last Name

Mousa

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Ag. Mach. and Power Eng., Fac. of Ag. Eng., Al-Azhar U., Cairo, Egypt.

Email

ahmed_mousa123@azhar.edu.eg

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-

Orcid

0009-0001-6705-8675

Volume

39

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

29375

Issue Date

2022-01-01

Receive Date

2021-12-03

Publish Date

2022-01-01

Page Start

1

Page End

14

Print ISSN

1687-384X

Online ISSN

2636-3062

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MJAE_Volume 39_Issue 1_Pages 1-14.pdf

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https://mjae.journals.ekb.eg/article_209710.html

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1,326

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Publication Title

Misr Journal of Agricultural Engineering

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https://mjae.journals.ekb.eg/

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PERFORMANCE OF A MACHINE FOR SHALLOW HOEING AROUND PLANTS

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Created At

23 Jan 2023