Paper · 2005 · Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering /Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering

AN ENGINEERING STUDY TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF A LOCALLY PUSHING PLANTER FOR SUGAR BEET CROP.

I. M. Abd EI-Tawwab; M. E. Badawy; N. M. Awad

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Abstract

This paper aims to test and evaluate a locally fabricated hand planter performance in fieki conditions, and study some engineering factors that affect its performance. Field evaluation included three types of ground wheel (steel, lugged, and rubber), three types of furrow opener (single disc, double disc, and runner), four types of depth control device and three values of planting depth (1, 3, and 5 cm) to select the suitable design components of the machine. Also, the root yield and costs of using the machine were estimated and compared with manual planting method. The results demonstrated that the runner opener is generally satisfactory for sugar beet sowing due to their least variation ¡n planting depth, highest plant emergence, and fastest rate of emergence. The pushing force increased by increasing ¡n the seeds depth of planting. It ranged from 70 to 120 N for depth range of 1 — 5 cm. This trend shows that the planter is suitable for average worker. The best depth control was achieved by linked wheels and side wheel, with less control by the front wheel and poorest control by the rear wheel. The minimum slip of 5.3 % and rolling resistance of 30.2 N were recorded with rubber wheel, meanwhile the maximum slip of 15.6 % and rolling resistance of 57.6 N were obtained by using steel wheel type. By using the fabricated hand planter the beet root yield and sugar yield increased by 30 and 26 % respectively as compared with manual method. Hand planter reduced the labor requirement by 83.3 %, (kg of seed I feddan) was reduced by about 67.5 % and total cost of planting I feddan was reduced by 72.7 %. The energy requirement for sugar beet planting decreased by about 83.7 % by using the fabricated hand planter instead of the manual planting.

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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The runner opener had the least variation in planting depth.

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variation ¡n planting depthe0
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leaste0

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Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris · TaxonQuadell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“runner opener is generally satisfactory for sugar beet sowing due to their least variation ¡n planting depth, highest plant emergence, and fastest rate of emergence”

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“AN ENGINEERING STUDY TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF A LOCALLY PUSHING PLANTER FOR SUGAR BEET CROP.”

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“Also, the root yield and costs of using the machine were estimated and compared with manual planting method.”

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The runner opener had the highest plant emergence and fastest rate of emergence.

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plant emergence, and fastest rate of emergencee0
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higheste0

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Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris · TaxonQuadell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“runner opener is generally satisfactory for sugar beet sowing due to their least variation ¡n planting depth, highest plant emergence, and fastest rate of emergence”

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“AN ENGINEERING STUDY TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF A LOCALLY PUSHING PLANTER FOR SUGAR BEET CROP.”

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“Also, the root yield and costs of using the machine were estimated and compared with manual planting method.”

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Pushing force increased with planting depth, ranging from 70 to 120 N.

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seeds depth of plantinge0
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pushing forcee0
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increasede0
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70 to 120 Ne0
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1 — 5 cme0

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Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris · TaxonQuadell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The pushing force increased by increasing ¡n the seeds depth of planting. It ranged from 70 to 120 N for depth range of 1 — 5 cm”

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“AN ENGINEERING STUDY TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF A LOCALLY PUSHING PLANTER FOR SUGAR BEET CROP.”

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“Also, the root yield and costs of using the machine were estimated and compared with manual planting method.”

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Linked and side wheels gave the best depth control, while the rear wheel gave the poorest.

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linked wheels and side wheele0
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depth controle0
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beste0
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rear wheele0

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Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris · TaxonQuadell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The best depth control was achieved by linked wheels and side wheel, with less control by the front wheel and poorest control by the rear wheel”

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“AN ENGINEERING STUDY TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF A LOCALLY PUSHING PLANTER FOR SUGAR BEET CROP.”

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“Also, the root yield and costs of using the machine were estimated and compared with manual planting method.”

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Rubber wheels had minimum slip of 5.3 %.

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slipe0
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minimume0
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5.3 %e0

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Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris · TaxonQuadell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The minimum slip of 5.3 % and rolling resistance of 30.2 N were recorded with rubber wheel”

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“AN ENGINEERING STUDY TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF A LOCALLY PUSHING PLANTER FOR SUGAR BEET CROP.”

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“Also, the root yield and costs of using the machine were estimated and compared with manual planting method.”

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Rubber wheels had rolling resistance of 30.2 N.

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rubber wheele0
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rolling resistancee0
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30.2 Ne0

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Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris · TaxonQuadell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“rolling resistance of 30.2 N were recorded with rubber wheel”

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“AN ENGINEERING STUDY TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF A LOCALLY PUSHING PLANTER FOR SUGAR BEET CROP.”

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“Also, the root yield and costs of using the machine were estimated and compared with manual planting method.”

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Steel wheels had maximum slip of 15.6 %.

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steel wheel typee0
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slipe0
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maximume0
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15.6 %e0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris · TaxonQuadell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“maximum slip of 15.6 % and rolling resistance of 57.6 N were obtained by using steel wheel type”

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“AN ENGINEERING STUDY TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF A LOCALLY PUSHING PLANTER FOR SUGAR BEET CROP.”

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“Also, the root yield and costs of using the machine were estimated and compared with manual planting method.”

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Steel wheels had rolling resistance of 57.6 N.

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steel wheel typee0
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rolling resistancee0
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57.6 Ne0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris · TaxonQuadell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“rolling resistance of 57.6 N were obtained by using steel wheel type”

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“AN ENGINEERING STUDY TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF A LOCALLY PUSHING PLANTER FOR SUGAR BEET CROP.”

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“Also, the root yield and costs of using the machine were estimated and compared with manual planting method.”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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The hand planter increased beet root yield by 30% relative to manual planting.

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fabricated hand plantere0
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beet root yielde0
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increasede0
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30 and 26 %e0
Comparator
manual methode0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Beta vulgaris
Beta vulgaris · TaxonMichael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗

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“By using the fabricated hand planter the beet root yield and sugar yield increased by 30 and 26 % respectively as compared with manual method”

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“AN ENGINEERING STUDY TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF A LOCALLY PUSHING PLANTER FOR SUGAR BEET CROP.”

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“Also, the root yield and costs of using the machine were estimated and compared with manual planting method.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 464–572 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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The hand planter increased sugar yield by 26% relative to manual planting.

Treatment
fabricated hand plantere0
Outcome
sugar yielde0
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increasede0
Value
30 and 26 %e0
Comparator
manual methode0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Beta vulgaris
Beta vulgaris · TaxonMichael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist ↗

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“By using the fabricated hand planter the beet root yield and sugar yield increased by 30 and 26 % respectively as compared with manual method”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1317–1458 · show in text ↑
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“AN ENGINEERING STUDY TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF A LOCALLY PUSHING PLANTER FOR SUGAR BEET CROP.”

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“Also, the root yield and costs of using the machine were estimated and compared with manual planting method.”

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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The hand planter reduced labor requirement by 83.3 %.

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labor requiremente0
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reducede0
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83.3 %e0
Comparator
manual planting methode1

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris · TaxonQuadell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Hand planter reduced the labor requirement by 83.3 %”

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“AN ENGINEERING STUDY TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF A LOCALLY PUSHING PLANTER FOR SUGAR BEET CROP.”

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“Also, the root yield and costs of using the machine were estimated and compared with manual planting method.”

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The hand planter reduced seed use by about 67.5 %.

Outcome
kg of seed I feddane0
Direction
reducede0
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67.5 %e0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris · TaxonQuadell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“(kg of seed I feddan) was reduced by about 67.5 %”

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“AN ENGINEERING STUDY TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF A LOCALLY PUSHING PLANTER FOR SUGAR BEET CROP.”

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“Also, the root yield and costs of using the machine were estimated and compared with manual planting method.”

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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The hand planter reduced planting cost per feddan by 72.7 %.

Outcome
total cost of planting I feddane0
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reducede0
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72.7 %e0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris · TaxonQuadell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“total cost of planting I feddan was reduced by 72.7 %”

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“AN ENGINEERING STUDY TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF A LOCALLY PUSHING PLANTER FOR SUGAR BEET CROP.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–97 · show in text ↑
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“Also, the root yield and costs of using the machine were estimated and compared with manual planting method.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 464–572 · show in text ↑
Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The hand planter reduced planting energy requirement by about 83.7 %.

Outcome
energy requirement for sugar beet plantinge0
Direction
decreasede0
Value
83.7 %e0
Comparator
manual plantinge0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris · TaxonQuadell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The energy requirement for sugar beet planting decreased by about 83.7 % by using the fabricated hand planter instead of the manual planting”

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“AN ENGINEERING STUDY TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF A LOCALLY PUSHING PLANTER FOR SUGAR BEET CROP.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–97 · show in text ↑
e1

“Also, the root yield and costs of using the machine were estimated and compared with manual planting method.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 464–572 · show in text ↑