Abstract
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana) is a main field crop in southern part of Karnataka commonly called ragi as it provides both stable food for the region and good fodder for cattles. Weeds management is a major problem in finger millet crop and are responsible for drastic reduction of yield. Weeding by traditional methods are laborious and time consuming which leads to high cost of production. Pertaining to this, blade type simple mechanical weeder was developed and evaluated under finger millet crop with 2 and 4 blade harrows for weeding 2 and 4 rows at a time respectively. The results obtained at 2 rows and 4 rows weeding condition, the weeding efficiency (88 & 85%), plant damage (2.5 & 3.6%), effective field capacity (0.108 & 0.144 ha/h), field efficiency (90 & 60%), fuel consumption (4.181 & 3.424 L/ha) and cost of weeding ( 572 & 447.42 ha) respectively.
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Claims 12
Claim · model-written summary
Two-row weeding efficiency was 88%.
- Taxon
- Finger millet
Eleusine coracanae0 - Treatment
- 2 rowse2
- Outcome
- weeding efficiencye1
- Value
- 88e1
- Qualifier
- 2 rowse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Finger millet (Eleusine coracana)”
e1“weeding efficiency (88 & 85%)”
e2“2 rows and 4 rows weeding condition”
Claim · model-written summary
Four-row weeding efficiency was 85%.
- Taxon
- Finger milletEleusine coracanae0
- Outcome
- weeding efficiencye1
- Value
- 85%e1
- Qualifier
- 4 rowse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Finger millet (Eleusine coracana)”
e1“weeding efficiency (88 & 85%)”
e2“2 rows and 4 rows weeding condition”
Claim · model-written summary
Plant damage was 2.5% for two-row weeding.
- Taxon
- Finger milletEleusine coracanae0
- Outcome
- plant damagee1
- Value
- 2.5e1
- Qualifier
- 2 rowse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Finger millet (Eleusine coracana)”
e1“plant damage (2.5 & 3.6%)”
e2“2 rows and 4 rows weeding condition”
Claim · model-written summary
Plant damage was 3.6% for four-row weeding.
- Taxon
- Finger milletEleusine coracanae0
- Outcome
- plant damagee1
- Value
- 3.6%e1
- Qualifier
- 4 rowse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Finger millet (Eleusine coracana)”
e1“plant damage (2.5 & 3.6%)”
e2“2 rows and 4 rows weeding condition”
Claim · model-written summary
Effective field capacity was 0.108 ha/h for two-row weeding.
- Taxon
- Finger milletEleusine coracanae0
- Outcome
- effective field capacitye1
- Value
- 0.108e1
- Qualifier
- 2 rowse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Finger millet (Eleusine coracana)”
e1“effective field capacity (0.108 & 0.144 ha/h)”
e2“2 rows and 4 rows weeding condition”
Claim · model-written summary
Effective field capacity was 0.144 ha/h for four-row weeding.
- Taxon
- Finger milletEleusine coracanae0
- Outcome
- effective field capacitye1
- Value
- 0.144 ha/he1
- Qualifier
- 4 rowse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Finger millet (Eleusine coracana)”
e1“effective field capacity (0.108 & 0.144 ha/h)”
e2“2 rows and 4 rows weeding condition”
Claim · model-written summary
Field efficiency was 90% for two-row weeding.
- Taxon
- Finger milletEleusine coracanae0
- Outcome
- field efficiencye1
- Value
- 90e1
- Qualifier
- 2 rowse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Finger millet (Eleusine coracana)”
e1“field efficiency (90 & 60%)”
e2“2 rows and 4 rows weeding condition”
Claim · model-written summary
Field efficiency was 60% for four-row weeding.
- Taxon
- Finger milletEleusine coracanae0
- Outcome
- field efficiencye1
- Value
- 60%e1
- Qualifier
- 4 rowse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Finger millet (Eleusine coracana)”
e1“field efficiency (90 & 60%)”
e2“2 rows and 4 rows weeding condition”
Claim · model-written summary
Fuel consumption was 4.181 L/ha for two-row weeding.
- Taxon
- Finger milletEleusine coracanae0
- Outcome
- fuel consumptione1
- Value
- 4.181e1
- Qualifier
- 2 rowse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Finger millet (Eleusine coracana)”
e1“fuel consumption (4.181 & 3.424 L/ha)”
e2“2 rows and 4 rows weeding condition”
Claim · model-written summary
Fuel consumption was 3.424 L/ha for four-row weeding.
- Taxon
- Finger milletEleusine coracanae0
- Outcome
- fuel consumptione1
- Value
- 3.424 L/hae1
- Qualifier
- 4 rowse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Finger millet (Eleusine coracana)”
e1“fuel consumption (4.181 & 3.424 L/ha)”
e2“2 rows and 4 rows weeding condition”
Claim · model-written summary
Weeding cost was 572 for two-row weeding.
- Taxon
- Finger milletEleusine coracanae0
- Outcome
- cost of weedinge1
- Value
- 572e1
- Qualifier
- 2 rowse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Finger millet (Eleusine coracana)”
e1“cost of weeding ( 572 & 447.42 ha)”
e2“2 rows and 4 rows weeding condition”
Claim · model-written summary
Weeding cost was 447.42 for four-row weeding.
- Taxon
- Finger milletEleusine coracanae0
- Outcome
- cost of weedinge1
- Value
- 447.42 hae1
- Qualifier
- 4 rowse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Finger millet (Eleusine coracana)”
e1“cost of weeding ( 572 & 447.42 ha)”
e2“2 rows and 4 rows weeding condition”