Abstract
Water content plays a crucial role in seed development, particularly at the seed sowing stage, and it ensures good seed germination. A water seed drill was designed and developed to provide an optimum quantity of water that is required for the soil in the same furrow, right after seed placement. This soil moistening method not only improves the moisture level in the field, but it also saves a large amount of water by applying the needed water quantity in the line of sowing after seed placement. The water seed drill consisted of a wheat seed drill, a water application system, and a tank with 400 L capacity. The water seed drill yielded a 48% higher germination count than when wheat is planted through a conventional method. The data recorded also showed that the water seed drill raised the soil moisture to 24% from the existing 13% soil moisture content. The total operational cost of the water seed drill was 2.57-fold greater than the conventional seed drill, but the output cost of the water seed drill was 2.15 times (49,000 Rs/ha) more than that of the conventional seed drill.
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Claim · model-written summary
Water seed drill produced a 48% higher wheat germination count than conventional planting.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Treatment
- water seed drille0
- Outcome
- germination counte0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 48%e0
- Comparator
- conventional methode0
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Verbatim
e0“The water seed drill yielded a 48% higher germination count than when wheat is planted through a conventional method.”
Claim · model-written summary
Water seed drill raised soil moisture from 13% to 24%.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume1
- Treatment
- water seed drille0
- Outcome
- soil moisturee0
- Direction
- raisede0
- Value
- 24%e0
- Comparator
- existing 13% soil moisture contente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The data recorded also showed that the water seed drill raised the soil moisture to 24% from the existing 13% soil moisture content.”
e1“when wheat is planted through a conventional method”
Claim · model-written summary
Water seed drill operational cost was 2.57-fold greater than a conventional seed drill.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume1
- Outcome
- operational coste0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Value
- 2.57-folde0
- Comparator
- conventional seed drille0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The total operational cost of the water seed drill was 2.57-fold greater than the conventional seed drill”
e1“when wheat is planted through a conventional method”
Claim · model-written summary
Water seed drill output cost was 2.15 times more than conventional seed drill output cost.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume1
- Outcome
- output coste0
- Direction
- moree0
- Value
- 2.15 times (49,000 Rs/ha)e0
- Comparator
- conventional seed drille0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the output cost of the water seed drill was 2.15 times (49,000 Rs/ha) more than that of the conventional seed drill.”
e1“when wheat is planted through a conventional method”
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