Vol. 10 (1) : January-February 2019 issue
Green Farming Vol. 10 (1) : 124-126 ; January-February, 2019
Effect of vertical rotary plough on soil physical properties in black and sandy soils
D.V. SUNITHAa1, B. JITHENDERb2* and G. VEERAPRASADc3
aDepartment of Soil & Water Engineering, cDepartment of Farm Machinery & Power, College of Agricultural Engineering, Bapatla - 522 101 (Andhra Pradesh),
bDepartment of Agricultural Processing & Structure, Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal - 462 038 (Madhya Pradesh)
Designation : 1,2M-Tech Student *(bhukya.jithender@gmail.com), 3Asstt. Professor
Subject : Agriculture Engineering, Farm Machinery, Energy & Power and Process Engineering
Paper No. : P-7479
Total Pages : 3
Received : 12 November 2018
Revised accepted : 31 January 2019
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Citation :
D.V. SUNITHA, B. JITHENDER and G. VEERAPRASAD. 2019. Effect of vertical rotary plough on soil physical properties in black and sandy soils. Green Farming Vol. 10 (1) : 124-126 ; January-February, 2019
ABSTRACT
The two different soils such as sandy soil in College of Agricultural Engineering, Bapatla (A.P) and black soil at farmer field was evaluated to study the effect of vertical plough on soil physical properties such as moisture content, bulk density and soil pulverization. The results of the field experiments showed moisture content of the black soil before and after ploughing was found as 15.6 % and 10.11% and in case of similarly in case of sandy soil it was found as 10 % and 7.85%.The bulk density was around 0.265 g/cm3 and 0.129 g/cm3 for black soil before and after ploughing, correspondingly in case of sandy soil it was 0.146 g/cm3 and 0.129 g/cm3. The soil pulverization was found to be 8.99 mm and 310 micron in black and sandy soils. The fuel consumption of rotary plough in black and sandy soil was 5.14 l/h and 5 l/h. The overall interpretation was made that the moisture content, bulk density and soil pulverization had a significant effect during ploughing conditions.
Key words :
Bulk density, Fuel consumption, Soil moisture content, Soil pulverization, Vertical rotary plough.
