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ArticleHeliyon2023

Design and evaluation of a power tiller vegetable seedling transplanter with dibbler and furrow type.

Md Sumon Miah, Md Mashiur Rahman, Muhammad Arshadul Hoque, Sobhy M Ibrahim, Muhammad Sultan, Redmond R Shamshiri, Mustafa Ucgul, Mahedi Hasan, Tasneem Nahar Barna

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Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Md Sumon MiahFarm Machinery and Postharvest Process Engineering Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Joydebpur, Gazipur, 1701, Bangladesh.
Md Mashiur RahmanAgricultural Engineering Division, Pulses Research Center & Regional Agricultural Research Station, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Ishurdi, 6620, Pabna, Bangladesh.
Muhammad Arshadul HoqueFarm Machinery and Postharvest Process Engineering Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Joydebpur, Gazipur, 1701, Bangladesh.
Sobhy M IbrahimDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Muhammad SultanDepartment of Agricultural Engineering, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan.
Redmond R ShamshiriDepartment of Engineering for Crop Production, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, 14469, Potsdam, Germany.
Mustafa UcgulFaculty of Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, 2480, Australia.
Mahedi HasanFarm Machinery and Postharvest Process Engineering Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Joydebpur, Gazipur, 1701, Bangladesh.
Tasneem Nahar BarnaFarm Machinery and Postharvest Process Engineering Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Joydebpur, Gazipur, 1701, Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute · BDBahauddin Zakariya University · PKKing Saud University · SALeibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy · DESouthern Cross University · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vegetable production plays a vital role in ensuring food security in Bangladesh. However, the majority of vegetable seedlings are currently transplanted manually, which is not only time-consuming but also labor-intensive and costly. In this context, a semi-automated transplanter can be considered as an alternative solution for mechanized seedling transplanting. To mechanize seedling operations, two types of transplanters were designed, fabricated and tested: the power tiller-operated semi-automatic dibbler vegetable seedling (DVS) transplanter and the furrow opener vegetable seedling (FVS) transplanter. The goal was to evaluate their performance and impact on field crop productivity. In the DVS transplanter design, the larger sprocket was adjusted to enhance the precision of hole-making by pressing the dibbler into the soil, creating holes where seedlings would be transplanted. On the other hand, the FVS transplanter utilized a furrow opener to create furrows, and the seedling is placed in these furrow at a specific distance from the furrow opener wall, where the distance between seedlings within the furrow could be adjusted based on the specific requirements of the seedling crop. The results of the evaluation indicated that both transplanters successfully planted seedlings without any missing placements, while hole covering was achieved at 115 and 118.2% for the DVS and FVS transplanters, respectively. The field capacity and field efficiency for both transplanters were determined to be 0.05 ha h

Indexed as

Computational design analysisMechanized transplanterSeedling plantingSemi-automatic vegetable transplanterVegetable farming

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PMID37533994
PMCPMC10392037
OpenAlexW4383500859

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