@article{3412,
author = "P.S. Ambaliya and V.K. Tiwari and M.V. Jalu",
abstract = "Insects, diseases and weeds are the three main biological factors which mostly effect on yield losses and profit of farmers. Application of chemical and weeding are the most important operations in farming for high yielding. A mini tractor operated sprayer cum weeder was developed in the department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering at Collage of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Junagadh Agriculture University, Junagadh. The developed system was tested at 3 different forward speeds (1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 km/h) to evaluate performance. The maximum weeding efficiency (88.94 %), field efficiency (86.27 %), spray application rate (395.35 l/ha), lowest fuel consumption (1.15 l/h) and minimum plant damage (3.00 %) were found at forward speed of 1.5 km/h. Operational cost of the developed machine was determined as ` 244.73 /h and ` 584.90 /ha.",
issn = "23191473",
journal = "IJAIR",
keywords = "Sprayer;Weeder;Mechanization;Weeding Efficiency;Plant Damage",
month = "July",
number = "1",
pages = "39-48",
title = "{D}evelopment and {P}erformance {E}valuation of {M}ini {T}ractor {O}perated {S}prayer cum {W}eeder",
volume = "11",
year = "2022",
}