THE EFFECT OF PRECISION LAND LEVELING ON WATER USE EFFICIENCY AND PERFORMANCE FOR SOME FARM MACHINARY | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||||
Article 19, Volume 79, Issue 4, October 2001, Page 1513-1523 PDF (2.82 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2001.320921 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
AHMED A. EL-BEHERY1; SALAH EL-DIN I. EL-KHATIB2 | ||||
1Senior Researcher Technology Transfer Department, Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||||
2Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
The present work was carried out to study the effect of land leveling by laser technique, leveling slope ( 0.03%, 0.05% ) and strip length on water application efficiency and the performance of chisel plough and seed-drill. The field experiments were conducted at Sids Agricultural Research Station in clay soil, planting (Sids -1) wheat variety_ Using Nordsten seed drill, Dainish make and a local manufactured chisel plough. The results indicated that, the highest water use efficiency and yield were obtained when field plot length was of 150 m and slop 0.05 % while the lowest water use efficiency and yield were obtained at zero level and plot length of 150 m. The operating tractor slip and actual field capacity were not affected by slope % but were affected by plot length. The average tractor forward speed increased by 19 %and 4% for chisel plough and seed drill respectively when the plot length increased from 50 m to 150m. Also the tractor fuel consumption was not affected by surface slope but were affected by plot length The tractor fuel consumption litl h. increased by 4% and 19% when using chisel plough and seed drill respectively when the strip length increased from 50m to 150m. Field capacity increased by 38 % and 27 °A, for chisel plough and seed drill respectively when the plot length increased from 50 m to 150m. | ||||
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