Field performance and evaluation for tomato transplanting
Abstract: The aim of this work is to study the energy consumption and cost analysis for tomato transplanting. It is established by using different tractor powers (18.4, 29.4, 47.8, and 58.82 kW) to select the proper tractor power to minimize the energy and cost requirements.
The transplanter performance in terms of seedling losses, transplanting energy requirement, and costs were investigated as a function of change in transplanting speed. The results indicated that: The use of tractor power (18.4 kW) reduced the energy with (35.41, 59.7, and 67.2 %) and cost with (15.75, 35.42, and 47.69 %) of transplanter comparing with other tractors. The average transplanting speed of 1.0 km/h is the optimum for transplanter by using different tractor powers, and the mechanical transplanting was more economical to use for the lowest consumption of the energy 891 MJ/fed, and also to the least seedling losses 7.9%. Subsequently, it increased the production 14.5 ton/fed compared with manual transplanting, which consumed 1840 MJ/fed and gave 20.8 % seedling losses, and yield of 9.78 ton/fed.
Publication year 2002
Pages 187 - 201
Availability location معهد بحوث الهندسة الوراثية
Availability number
Organization Name
serial title المؤتمر العاشر للجمعية المصرية للهندسة الزراعية
Author(s) from ARC
External authors (outside ARC)
    هاني عبد العزيز الجندى معهد بحوث الهندسه الزراعيه
Agris Categories Agricultural machinery and equipment
AGROVOC
TERMS		 Tomatoes. Transplanting.
Publication Type Conference/Workshop
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