Effect Of Mulching Soil with Garden Waste on Weed Growth | ||||
| Journal of Sustainable Agricultural and Environmental Sciences | ||||
| Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2025, Page 33-38 PDF (505.1 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original research paper | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jsaes.2025.359455.1127 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Mohamed Asran Sultan  1; Mohamed saied Ghoname2; Mohamed Abd-elgwad Ahmed3; Shimaa Salah4; Tarek Zaki Fouda 5
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| 1Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University, Egypt | ||||
| 2Agri Eng,Fac of agric,Tanta University | ||||
| 3Senior Researcher, Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center | ||||
| 4Agric. Eng. Dept; Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University | ||||
| 5Professor and Head of Agricultural Engineering department, Faculty of Agriculture at Tanta University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| This study aims to reduce the growth of weeds among orchard trees using an orchard tree waste chipping machine after developing it under three levels of cutting length ratio (≤3 cm - 3 to 5 cm - ≥5 cm), four levels of cutting diameter ratio (≤1 cm - 1 to 3 cm - 3 to 5 cm - ≥5 cm), four levels of distribution efficiency and four levels of cutting efficiency. The study was conducted at forward speed (1.8 km/h), moisture content (40%), number of knives 32, and rotation speed 2600 rpm for the cylindrical chipper. The evaluation was conducted regarding the effect of distribution efficiency, cutting efficiency (%), and cutting length ratios (%). The results can be summarized as follows: Increasing distribution efficiency from 75 to 95% and cutting efficiency from 85 to 95% led to a decrease in the amount of weeds, and increasing the percentage of cutting length and cutting diameters led to an increase in the amount of weeds at a moisture content of 40.0% (gram weight) and the number of cutting knives 32. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Machines; Garden Waste; Weed; knife; orchard | ||||
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