Critical assessment of furrow openers and operational parameters for optimum performance under conservation tillage

BS Madhusudan, HL Kushwaha, A Kumar… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Conservation Agriculture (CA) is an innovative approach that promotes sustainable farming
while enhancing soil health. However, residue management challenges often hinder its …

Performance Evaluation of Liquorice Harvester with Novel Oscillating Shovel-Rod Components Using the Discrete Element Method

L Wan, Y Li, C Zhang, X Ma, J Song, X Dong, J Wang - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Liquorice harvesting is the key process in the development of the liquorice industry. For
harvesting liquorice with about 400 mm growth depth, a lightweight harvester with novel …

Development of a hand tractor powered de-topper cum digger for onion crop

L Kumawat, H Raheman, G Upadhyay… - Cogent …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
To enhance mechanization in onion harvesting for small land holdings and to increase the
annual working hours of hand tractors, a topper cum digger (TCD) unit was developed. This …

[PDF][PDF] Mechanization in Onion Harvesting: A Review of Traditional and Modern Approaches

BM Khanpara, TD Mehta, NB Bharad - Plant Archives, 2024 - plantarchives.org
Onion harvesting stands as a critical aspect of Indian agricultural practices, presenting
notable challenges due to its labour-intensive nature. The manual methods, involving bulb …

Comparative Evaluation of Developed Onion Stem and Root Cutter CumSorting Machine with Manual Cutting Method

K Lal, RK Naik, HS Tuteja - … Journal of Plant & Soil Science, 2023 - eprint.subtopublish.com
In India, manual cutting of onion stem and root is still a practice. This is very labour intensive,
drudgery prone and time consuming operation. For this reason, an onion stem and root …