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| Title: | Mechanised field transplanting of oil palm [Elaeis guineensis] seedling [Malaysia] |
| Authors: | Azmi Yahya (Putra Malaysia Univ., 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor (Malaysia). Faculty of Engineering. Dept of Biological and Agricultural Engineering)
El Pebrian , D . |
| Issue Date: | 2001 |
| Citation: | The Planter (Malaysia), 77 (909), p. 723-745 |
| Abstract: | A trailed type transplanting machine that is run by a 4-wheel tractor with at least 85 hp (63.4 kW) for field transplanting of oil palm seedlings has been designed, developed and tested. The machine configuration consists of the main chassis, seedling bin, seedling planting assembly, operator compartment, and associated hydraulic system. Two operators are required in the transplanting operation with this mechanised system, a driver for the tractor and an operator for transplanter. The driver drives the tractor-transplanter in the field while the operator on the transplanter operates the hydraulic control system to integrate all operational activities. The operational activities include the preparations of planting hole, placement of seedling in the prepared hole, covering of the seedling in the prepared hole, and compacting of the soil around the planted seedling. Results of the field evaluations indicates that this mechanised transplanting system has a planting capacity of 99 seedlings/man-day or 0.62 ha/man-day as compared to 0.28 ha/man-day or 45 seedlings/man-day with the manual transplanting planting system, an improvement of 2.2 times. The estimated planting cost is RM2.11 per seedling with mechanised transplanting as compared to RM2.26 with manual transplanting, a reduction of 6.64 per cent. |
| URI: | http://agris.upm.edu.my:8080/dspace/handle/0/957 |
| ISSN: | 0126-575X |
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