DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF BULLOCK DRAWN SINGLE ROW SUGARCANE PLANTER
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2021
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DEPARTMENT OF FARM MACHINERY AND POWER ENGINEERING COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY GODHRA
Abstract
Sugarcane is propagated through whole stalk or vegetative cutting known as “sett”.
Each sett contains one or more buds. The sugarcane planting could be done by method of flat
planting, furrow planting or ring –pit planting. The sugarcane sett planting process involves
stages : harvesting of seed cane , de-trashing,sett cutting ,seed treatment, transport to the
planting area and planting into soil; which includes the furrow opening ,fertilizer application
sett distribution in the furrow and closing of furrow .Semi mechanized method uses of sett
cutter –planter ,operation of layout preparation ,cutting sett, fertilizer application ,spraying of
chemical and covering sett are combined together .But harvesting ,de-trashing and feeding
whole canes to machine are performed manually.