International Journal of Engineering Research
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 1

Field Performance of a Conventional Combine Harvester in Harvesting Bg-300 Paddy Variety in Batticaloa, Srilanka

  • Author:
  • R. Bawatharani1,, D.N. Jayatissa2,, D.A.N. Dharmasena2,, M.H.M.A. Bandara3,
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 33 to 35

1Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

2Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

3Department of Agriculture, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

*bavatharani@yahoo.com.

**sg, drdnjayatissa@gmail.com

***nimal.dharmasena@gmail.com

****mhmabe@yahoo.com

Online published on 8 November, 2017.

Abstract

This study was performed to determine the performance of a conventional combine harvester in two fields cultivated with BG-300 rice variety in SriLanka. The performance of the combine was affected by the operational condition as wells as the crop conditions in both fields.

Keywords

combine harvester, reel index, header losses