Sadegh Afzalinia; Seyed Ebrahim Dehghanian; Khadijeh Alijani; dadgar mohammadi; Seyed Mashaallh Hosseini; Afshar Estakhr; Seiid Mansur Alavimanesh; Mashaallah Zare
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In this research, effect of tillage and planting methods (planting on permanent raised beds, no-till, and conventional tillage) on soil properties such as bulk density, moisture content, and organic carbon and water consumption, water productivity, and crop yield was evaluated in the form of randomized ...
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In this research, effect of tillage and planting methods (planting on permanent raised beds, no-till, and conventional tillage) on soil properties such as bulk density, moisture content, and organic carbon and water consumption, water productivity, and crop yield was evaluated in the form of randomized complete blocks experimental design with three treatments and six replicates in corn-wheat rotation. Results showed that the raised bed planting had the maximum forage corn (95.33 ton/ha) and wheat yield (7.01 ton/ha) and no-till had the minimum silage corn (87.06 ton/ha) and wheat yield (5.23 ton/ha) which had no significant difference with the conventional tillage. Forage corn consumed the maximum water (9531 m3/ha) in the conventional tillage and the minimum water (8155 m3/ha) in no-till; while, there was no significant difference between treatments from the water productivity point of view. Wheat consumed the maximum water (7177 m3/ha) in raised bed planting, but there was no significant difference between treatments from the stand point of water productivity. Results also showed that conservation tillage methods increased soil moisture content in forage corn planting (around 11%), but had no significant effect on the soil moisture content in wheat planting.
Ali Reshadsedghi
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The effects of soil moisture content, forward speed and operation depth during harvesting by a potato digger (without conveyor shaker) on tubers quantitative and qualitative damages were studied and the optimum conditions were determined for treatments. The experiments were arranged as a strip split ...
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The effects of soil moisture content, forward speed and operation depth during harvesting by a potato digger (without conveyor shaker) on tubers quantitative and qualitative damages were studied and the optimum conditions were determined for treatments. The experiments were arranged as a strip split plot test based on complete block design with three factors and three replications. Mechanical damage rates of potatoes due to mechanized and traditional (manual) harvesting methods were compared by t-test. Buried tubers rate (quantitative loss) was increased with increasing of forward speed especially in wet soil probably due to the excessive soil transferred to the conveyor. Peeled tubers rate was reduced by increasing forward speed to 3 km/h in soils with low moisture content. The optimum conditions for mechanized potato harvesting with minimal quantitative loss and damage rate to product quality obtained at soil moisture of 10-15% db (40-60% Field Capacity) and 2-3 km/h forward speed. The cutting damage of tubers in traditional harvesting method was more than mechanized one, while the peeling damage rate was less. Generally, external damage rate of tubers in traditional method was significantly more than that obtained from mechanized method.
