TAILIEUCHUNG - Performance evaluation of intra row weeder in soil bin

Weed management is a tedious task, especially in organic crop production, as synthetic herbicides are prohibited and manual weeding is relatively expensive or unavailable. However, mechanical weed control is one of the options that can be implemented by growers to control weeds but the main challenge to both practical farmers and researchers is the selective control of the intra-row weeds. Based on this challenge the objective of the study was to evaluate the minimum plant to plant distance required to operate the developed automated intra row weeder with minimum plant components of the automated weeder was ultrasonic sensor, . motor, microcontroller, battery, frame, tine, inter and intra row blade. Ultrasonic sensor was used for the differentiate crop plant from weed. Intra row weeder was detecting the crop plant by sensor and removes the weed. The performance of automated intra row weeder unit was evaluated in the soil bin by determining percentage of plant damage. This parameter is mainly affected by the plant to plant distance and various forward speed of weeder. Various plant to plant distance was selected 15, 25, 35, 45 and 55 cm. where, three different forward speed , and km/h was selected. Results of automated intra row weeder showed that without damaging the crop plant minimum plant to plant distance is 35 cm required. For minimum plant damage, forward speed of intra row weeder is found km/h. | EXCELLENT PUBLISHERS International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 06 2019 Journal homepage http Original Research Article https Performance Evaluation of Intra Row Weeder in Soil Bin . Jakasania1 R. Yadav2 and . Rudani3 1College of Agricultural engineering and Technology . Junagadh India 2Department of Farm Engineering College of Agriculture . Junagadh India 3Custom Hiring Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited Ahmedabad India Corresponding author ABSTRACT Keywords Intra row weeder Soil bin Sensor Automation Weed Article Info Accepted 20 May 2019 Available Online 10 June 2019 Weed management is a tedious task especially in organic crop production as synthetic herbicides are prohibited and manual weeding is relatively expensive or unavailable. However mechanical weed control is one of the options that can be implemented by growers to control weeds but the main challenge to both practical farmers and researchers is the selective control of the intra-row weeds. Based on this challenge the objective of the study was to evaluate the minimum plant to plant distance required to operate the developed automated intra row weeder with minimum plant components of the automated weeder was ultrasonic sensor . motor microcontroller battery frame tine inter and intra row blade. Ultrasonic sensor was used for the differentiate crop pla nt from weed. Intra row weeder was detecting the crop plant by sensor and removes the weed. The performance of automated intra row weeder unit was evaluated in the soil bin by determining percentage of plant damage. This parameter is mainly affected by the plant to plant distance and various forward speed of weeder. Various plant to plant distance was selected 15 25 35 45 and 55 cm. where three different forward speed and km h was selected. Results of automated intra row weeder showed that without damaging .

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• Intra row weeder
• Soil bin
• Intra row weeder in soil bin
• Performance evaluation
• Crop plant minimum plant