Fungicides manufactured to control soybean rust are effective; however, successful control of this disease will mostly depend on proper application methods. Spray coverage and deposition from 9 application equipment/spray nozzles were analyzed. In general, the spray treatments with air assistance were more effective in spraying rust fungicides than the treatments with the conventional boom spra...

An Ultra-Low Volume (ULV) sprayer was developed to decrease carrier volume required for pesticide applications in row and turfgrass cropping systems. The ULV sprayer can make spray applications at or below 19 L ha-1 , which is far lower than a conventional sprayer in row crop or turfgrass production systems. Field studies were Facility near Mead, NE to compare the ULV sprayer to a conventional ...

Nacrtak The work was carried out in Caprarola (Viterbo, Central Italy), in an aged Quercus cerris L. coppice positioned in hill zones, with 45% average slope. Harvesting was conducted according to the shortwood system (SWS). Felling and processing were done by chainsaw, while the bunching was performed with three different systems: in Plot 1 with mules, in Plot 2 with a tractor-mounted winch, i...

Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran Received: November 2nd, 2014; Revised: November 19th, 2014; Accepted: January 28th, 2015 Purpose: Slow manual harvesting of rain-fed chickpeas cultivated in fallow fields in developing countries have encouraged the design of a mechanical harvester. Methods: A tractor-pulled harvester was built, in which a modified str...

A simple but viable whole stalk harvester for operating under local field conditions, which is compatible with existing manual and mechanical loading and hauling systems, is described. The efficiency and output of the cutter which has been tested over a number of harvesting seasons, and the operating costs are estimated. Various systems of handling both green and burnt cane by the Midway are co...

Relevance. More and more widespread use in the world, Ukraine particular, is acquiring a method of applying pesticides from air using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or drones). It expected that global agricultural market period 2018 to 2026 growth rate drone will be up +18.5%.
 Objective: hygienic assessment working conditions occupational risks when (UAVs), analysis their features compar...


 The present work shows the effects of different agricultural wheels traffic on soil physical properties a Typic Argiudoll worked under no-tillage cropping system. Soil compaction produced by was quantified through these parameters: a) cone index, b) rut depth and c) water content at moment. Grain chaser, sprayer, harvester combine tractor equipped with commonly used in study area were te...

In Mediterranean countries, olive tree pruning residue represents an abundant source of energy biomass, still largely unexploited for lack of cost-effective harvesting technology. The authors tested two industrial pruning harvesters, capable of overcoming the limits of lighter units appeared in the past years. One of the machines was designed for application to a powerful farm tractor, whereas ...

Tests were performed to determine the feasibility of developing an Enhanced Camera/Video Imaging System (E-C/VIS) to provide heavy vehicle drivers with better situation awareness to the sides and rear of their vehicles. It is well known that large blind spots currently exist in these areas and that sideswipe crashes can occur as a result. An additional goal was to extend the operating envelope ...