Journal ID : AMA-22-08-2021-10636
[This article belongs to Volume - 52, Issue - 01]
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Title : EFFECT OF INVERTED T-TYPE FURROW OPENERS OF NO-TILL MACHINE ON SOWING UNIFORMATY

Abstract :

This study was carried out to determine the suitability of the inverted T-type furrow opener of no-till machine used in many areas of the world but has not yet found production and use in our country. For this purpose, inverted T type furrow openers in different sizes and dimensions were designed and produced. Field trials were also made to determine the success of planting of T type furrow opener. Three different inverted T-type furrow openers (115°, 120° and 125° wing angles) and a conventional double disc furrow opener were tested in terms of plant emergence and distribution uniformity in field conditions. In the study; corn was sown by no-tillage planter with four different furrow openers under two different stubble conditions, namely the stand stubble and chopping stubble between 2018-2019 years. In this study, the inverted T type furrow openers were more successful than the double disc opener in terms of both plant emergence parameters and plant distribution uniformity. When the inverted T type openers are compared within themselves, the furrow opener with 125 ° wing angle (5,03 day) was successful in terms of plant emergence parameters and also the furrow opener with 120° wing angle (quality of feed index %87,87) was more successful in terms of accuracy of horizontal plant distribution.

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