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B. SUNITHA*, C. RAMANA, S. KALEEMULLAH, G. VEERA PRASAD AND N.V. SARALA
College of Agricultural Engineering, ANGRAU, Bapatla
The sugarcane set cutter planter is a versatile implement and can do five operation viz., furrow opening, set cutting and placement, fertilizer & fungicide application and covering in single go. Similarly seedling transplanting machine available for bud-chip method of sugarcane planting which can do four operations like furrow opening, seedling placement along with water pour and press the seedling in soil; was considered for study and evaluated operating parameters. The row spacing for planting with both machines were adjustable and can be done from 90 cm to 165 cm. The machines also evaluated for intra row spacing of planting which was continuous or up to required spacing as it is monitored by the feeding of cane in sett cutting machine. Similarly, fertilizer quantity can be metered through machine from 0.02 g/m to 0.44 g/m run in the furrow, whereas fungicide placement need to be done with knob position and can be varied from 1172 ml to 1549 ml. In case of bud chip seedling planter intra row spacing can be varied from 30.4 cm to the maximum of 57 cm by changing suitable gear ratio in the power train and water pour quantity per plant can be monitored from 47.4 ml to 244 ml.
Sugarcane sett cutter planter, Sugarcane budchip seedling transplanter, field performance.