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AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America
AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America (AMA) (issn: 00845841) is a peer reviewed journal first published online after indexing scopus in 1982. AMA is published by Farm Machinery Industrial Research Corp and Shin-Norinsha Co. AMA publishes every subjects of general engineering and agricultural engineering.
WOS Indexed (2024)
05 Sep 2024 (Vol - 55 , Issue- 09 )
30 Sep 2024 (Vol - 55 , Issue 09 )
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AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America
AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America (ISSN: 00845841) is a peer-reviewed journal. The journal covers Agricultural and Biological Sciences and all sort of engineering topic. the journal's scopes are in the following fields but not limited to:
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Electrical Engineering and Telecommunication
Electronic Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Civil and architectural engineering
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Transportation Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Industrial and Commercial Design
Information Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Food Engineering
Response of foliar application of micronutrients and PGR on productivity and profitability of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum Mill.)
Field experiment was conducted during rabi season to determine the “Response of foliar application of micronutrients and PGR on productivity and profitability of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum Mill.)” was carried out during 2018-19 and 2019-20 at Vegetable Research Farm of C. S. Azad University of Agriculture & Technology Kanpur U.P (208002) India. Experiment was laid out in a randomized block design (RBD) with eleven treatments replicated three times consist of two levels of each micronutrients and growth regulators with control i.e.T0: Control, T1: GA3 50ppm, T2: GA3 100ppm, T3: NAA 50ppm, T4: NAA 100ppm, T5: ZnSO4 0.5%, T6: ZnSO4 1%, T7: Boric acid 50ppm, T8: Boric acid 100ppm, T9: FeSO4 100ppm and T10: FeSO4 150ppm on Vegetable Crops. Azad-T6 variety of tomato was transplanted at a spacing of 60 cm × 45 cm. Results of the experiment revealed that the Application of GA3 100ppm concentration showed significantly increased growth, flowering, yield, fruit quality and economic return of tomato. Therefore, the concentration of PGR and micronutrients may be recommended to exploit the better eco-friendly economic yield of tomato.
Influence of sugar concentration on quality characteristics of Bael jam during storage
Bael fruit is one of the most nutritious among the various underutilized fruits. The importance of bael fruit lies in its curative properties which makes the tree as one of the most useful medicinal plants of India. The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of sugar concentration on quality characteristics of bael jam during the various storage months. Fresh fruit of bael had fruit weight, pulp weight, peel weight, pulp: peel, TSS, acidity, reducing sugar, total sugar and ascorbic acid values to the tune of 500 g, 650 g/kg fruit, 350 g/kg fruit, 1.86, 25oBrix, 0.35 per cent, 5.96 per cent, 14.65 per cent and 18 mg/100 g, respectively. Bael jam was prepared as per the treatments in which TSS was raised at 68oBrix by adding sugar and citric acid. The jams prepared from different treatments/sugar concentrations were packed in glass bottles and stored at ambient conditions to observe the effect of sugar concentration on quality and storage for three months at an interval of one month. Total soluble solids, reducing sugar and total sugar decreased significantly, while acidity and ascorbic acid decreased in jam with the advancement of three months storage. No microbial count was found in jam during three months of storage. The acceptability of the product was evaluated in terms of colour, flavour, texture, taste and overall acceptability. The highest mean score for colour (8.66), flavour (8.76), texture (8.68), taste (8.46) and overall acceptability (8.64) found in treatment T3 followed by treatment T2. Jam prepared with treatment T3 was found the most acceptable.
Adaptation: The only way to tackle the issues of Climate Change in Indian Himalayas
Himalayan regions are among the most affected climate change regions in the world. Understanding farmers' awareness and adaptation practices to climate change are necessary to enforce adequate agricultural policies and food security implementation. A total of 200 farmers were interviewed. Maximum respondents (67%) were fully aware of the phenomenon of irregular and erratic rainfall, increase in temperature (68%), reduction in snowfall (61.5%), and changes in water level of waterbodies (57.5%). To adapt to climate change, many respondents (92.5%) adopt drought-tolerant varieties, 91.5 per cent diversify from farming to non-farming activities, and 88 per cent of the farmers store fodder for animals in lean seasons of the year. The awareness level of farmers is significantly related to age, education, size of landholding, Information seeking behaviour, and farmers' socioeconomic status. Adaptation strategies to climate change have significant and positive correlation with landholding size, information-seeking behaviour, and farmers' socioeconomic status. The results may help the government facilitate location-specific research, policy formulation, and implementation in hilly regions for the sustainable future of farmers.
Developing Soil quality indices for soil applied sulphur under major black gram (Vigno Munga. L) growing major contrasting soil series
The field experiments were conducted at two locations under Peelamedu and Vylogam series that shows; application of sulphur (S) along with recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) has been significantly impact the soil quality. In Peelamedu series, the soils are swell shrink with low anion exchange capacity and high base saturation and reductant variables are such as Soil Microbial Biomass Nitrogen (SMBN), Actinomycetes, Acid Phosphatase, Alkalaine Phosphatase, SO42- - S, Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) and Bulk Density (BD) were retained in PC. And Vylogam series, high AEC with high sesquioxide (R2O3) ratio and the PC had 8 highly weighed variables such as soil N, P, K, SO42-, SOC, DTPA - Zn, DTPA - Fe and DTPA - Mn was selected as MDS for computing SQI. The soil quality indices were higher while applying sulphur @ 20 kg ha-1 as Potassium sulphate plus 0.5 per cent K2SO4 as foliar spray along with 100 per cent RDF in both the series.
Design and Experiment on Brush Roller Type Almond Peeling Machine
In order to solve the problem of low efficiency in peeling green husks and long–term piling up of green almonds, a brush roller type almond peeling machine was designed in this study. Driven by three–phase power and under the effect of the belt and bucket elevator, green almonds were uniformly conveyed to the peeling chamber by a screw feeder, then the almonds are subject to the reverse action between the microcone extrusion device and the roller and the green peels were partially separated from husks. On this basis, the steel brushes would peel the almonds and remove the impurities. The physical parameters of green almonds and hard shell almonds were measured, and based on the values of the parameters, the main working parts of the device were designed and analyzed, and their main structural parameters and working parameters were determined. The software Design–Expert was applied to design a three–factor–three–level response surface test on the designed brush roller type almond peeling machine. Test results showed that, the optimal working parameters of the device were: rotating speed of the principal axis was 307.5 r/min, the gap was 20.1 mm, production rate was 811.5 kg/h, peeling rate was 96%, damage rate was 2.28%. The research results can provide reference to the improvement of performance of peeling machines and design of primary processing equipment of almonds.