EFFECT OF INVERTED T-TYPE FURROW OPENERS OF NO-TILL MACHINE ON SOWING UNIFORMATY

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Özdemir S., Bereket Barut Z.

AMA, AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION IN ASIA, AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA, vol.52, no.01, pp.2047-2056, 2021 (SCI-Expanded)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 52 Issue: 01
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Journal Name: AMA, AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION IN ASIA, AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.2047-2056
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Affiliated: No

Abstract

This study was carried out to determine the suitability of the inverted Ttype 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.