Study of some factors affecting a mechanical planting of coated quinoa seeds | ||
| Archives of Agriculture Sciences Journal | ||
| Article 20, Volume 3, Issue 2, August 2020, Pages 239-254 PDF (701.42 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/aasj.2020.94314.1085 | ||
| Authors | ||
| A. Abu El-Maaty* 1; Y. A. Abd-Al Fattah2; W. A. Mahmoud1 | ||
| 1Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Al-Azhar University (Assiut Branch), Assiut, Egypt | ||
| 2Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Dokki, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This research aim is to study the factors affecting the mechanical planting of coated quinoa seeds. The tested parameters of mechanical planting of coated quinoa seeds are metering-device and forward speeds on seed damage and discharge, seed germination and emergence, missing hills and double plants percentage, planter ground-wheel slip and quinoa-seed yield. The main results in this study can be summarized in the following points: The maximum quinoa coated-seed discharge of 5.50 kg/feddan (feddan = 4200 m² = 0.420 hectares = 1.037 acres) was obtained with a metering-device speed of 20 rpm. Meanwhile, the minimum quinoa coated-seed discharge of 3.10 kg/feddan was obtained with a metering-device speed of 60 rpm. The maximum quinoa plant-emergence of 75.6 % was obtained with a forward speed of 1.82 km/h. Meanwhile, the minimum quinoa plant-emergence of 63.6 % was obtained with a forward speed of 4.79 km/h. By increasing forward speed from 1.82 to 4.79 km/h the total quinoa seed yield decreased from 850 to 650 kg/feddan. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| mechanical planting; mechanical seed-coating; quinoa seeds | ||
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