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PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A COMBINATION UNIT FOR PLANTING WHEAT IN SMALLHOLDINGS

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Last updated: 26 Dec 2024

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Agricultural Power and Machinery Engineering

Abstract

To select the proper method for wheat sowing operation. This research aims to evaluate the performance of a combined machine to planting wheat in smallholdings. The experiments were conducted at Faculty of Agriculture Farm, Fayoum University. Experimental area was divided into three main strips to received planting methods (combination unit, seed drill and traditional). Each strip received three forward speeds 4, 6 and 8 km h-1. Treatments were combined in split plot design. Wheat seeds (Misr,1) planted in two seasons (2019/2020 and 2020/2021). Field capacity, field efficiency, theoretical energy required, wheat production and economic analysis were determined. Results indicated that the highest values of field efficiency were 73.74 and 81.76% and required energy were 61.84 and 32.63 kW h fed.-1 for seed drill and combination unit respectively, at forward speed 4 km h-1. The highest increases in wheat crop were 33.32% for grains and 15.66% for straw with seed drill, while it was 73.70% for grains and 30.54% for straw with combination unit at 6 km h-1, compared to traditional method. Combination unit method at 8 km h-1 gave the lowest values of total cost (16352.77 L.E. ha-1). Combination unit method at 6 km h-1 had the highest values of net return (31957.0 and 31314.7 L.E ha-1) for first and second seasons, respectively. It can be recommend that using the combination unit with not increase the forward speed more than 6 km h-1 to obtain best values of field capacity, field efficiency, required energy and net return of wheat crop.

DOI

10.21608/mjae.2022.168101.1086

Keywords

combination unit, Seed drill, TRADITIONAL METHOD, performance, Field efficiency, Required energy, Smallholdings, economic return, Wheat

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

T. Imbabi

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Prof. Dr., Ag. Eng. Dept., Fac. of Ag., Fayoum U., Fayoum, Egypt.

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ati00@fayoum.edu.eg

City

cairo

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First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

Abdel-Azeem

MiddleName

M. A.

Affiliation

Assoc. Prof., Ag. Eng. Dept., Fac. of Ag., Fayoum U., Fayoum, Egypt.

Email

mma12@fayoum.edu.eg

City

Fayoum

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First Name

Rehab

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

A. M.

Affiliation

Demonstrator, Ag. Eng. Dept., Fac. of Ag., Fayoum U., Fayoum, Egypt.

Email

ram09@fayoum.edu.eg

City

الفيوم

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Volume

40

Article Issue

1

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38546

Issue Date

2023-01-01

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2022-10-17

Publish Date

2023-01-01

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1

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20

Print ISSN

1687-384X

Online ISSN

2636-3062

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MJAE_Volume 40_Issue 1_Pages 1-20.pdf

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Misr Journal of Agricultural Engineering

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PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A COMBINATION UNIT FOR PLANTING WHEAT IN SMALLHOLDINGS

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23 Jan 2023