Pushpraj Diwan*, Nenavath Manikyam1, Prabhat Kumar Guru2, Rajesh Kumar Naik3 and Suryakant Sonwani1
1SVCAET & RS, IGKV, Raipur (C.G.)
2ICAR-NRRI, Cuttack (Odisha)
3(FMPE), PI-AICRP-FIM, SVCAET & RS, IGKV, Raipur (C.G.)
Received-09.11.2019, Revised-28.11.2019
Abstract: Rice is the most important crop in India. Mechanization in farming is always helpful to improve the productivity of the field. Weeding is a most problematic operation and solution of the weeding operation is very important. A two row power operated mechanical weeder was developed in ICAR-NRRI, Cuttack. Performance of the developed weeder is observed in terms of weeding efficiency, plant damage, cost of operation etc.
Keywords: Mechanical weeding, weeding efficiency, plant damage, cost of operation
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