Trends in Biosciences
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 1

Performance Evaluation of Commercial Reapers for Finger Millet Harvesting

  • Author:
  • H.G. Ashoka1, G.M. Prashantha1, E.G. Ashok2, M.V. Channa Byregowda2
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 63 to 64

1Division of Agricultural Engineering, University of Agricultural Sciences, G.K.V.K., Bangalore-560 065, Karnataka, India

2AICRP on Small Millets, University of Agricultural Sciences, G.K.V.K., Bangalore-560 065, Karnataka, India

Online published on 23 May, 2013.

Abstract

The experiment was conducted during 2011–12 in finger millet plot for harvesting Fingermillet (Eleusine coracona gaertn) by using different commercial reapers viz. Shrachi, Fortune, KAMCO and Vinayaka make power tiller reaper attachment. The different reapers were used for testing the suitability for harvesting of Fingermillet crop and the different genotypes used were MRI, L5, GPU66, GPU67 and GPU28. Out of these genotypes, GPU67 was considered good for mechanical reaper harvesting as the crop stand was medium with better inclined angle of 85°. The results indicated that out of four commercial reapers, Shrachi make is more suitable for harvesting finger millet crop grown under rainfed condition. The minimum and satisfactory harvesting stubble height of 8–9 cm with negligible shattering losses was observed by using Shrachi reaper compared to other reapers.

Keywords

Finger millet, genotypes, Reaper, Harvesting, Field efficiency, Stubble height, Plant shoot, Shuttering loss