ISHS Acta Horticulturae 462: I Balkan Symposium On Vegetables and Potatoes
THE INFLUENCE OF NEW TECHNIQUES OF SOIL CULTIVATION AND SOWING ON THE EFFECTS OF MECHANIZED CARROT HARVESTING |
| Authors: | A. M. Bajkin, Pere K. Zigmanov, V. T. Manojlovic |
| Keywords: | carrot, complex unit, mini-ridges, exploitation indices, losses, damage |
| Abstract:
A new technique of soil cultivation and sowing is accomplished by a complex machine, 3 m wide, which forms six mini ridges and sows in one pass. This machine is an adaptation based upon one designed for sugar beet harvesting (haulm stripper and disk topper), and upon onion loaders. On the basis of research carried out on this machine over 5 years (1991/1995), the use of labor was 7.6 times less than that of carrot digging by plowing, while it was 13% higher in comparison to carrot digging up by a special two row self-propelled harvester. Root loss and soil quantity in the dug up mass amounted to 10%, while the increased portion of the damaged root (37.60%) did not affect harvesting efficiency considerably, since the dug up carrot was used for industrial processing. | |
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