Comparative Study of Various Tillage Practices

Abstract

The experiment was carried at agriculture farm of Sardar Vallabbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut to study the comparision of various tillage practices and its effect the soil and the various machine parameters. The three different tillage treatment, To [No tillage], T1 [Disc Plough (I) + Disc Harrow (2)], T2 [Cultivator (I) + Rotavator (I)] and T3 [Rotavator (2)] fixed and replicated three times. The various soil parameters like Moisture Content, Bulk Density, Soil Inversion, Soil Pulverisation, Cone Index and Machine Parameter like Fuel Consumption, Brake Speci ftc Fuel consumption, Field efficiency, Depth of Cut, Width of Cut were measured. It is clear from the obtained data that the effect of tillage on the soil parameters was positive. The treatment T2 was found to be more effective then T1 and T3 In future production of crops in various treatments should be taken out to check the more accurate effect of tillage on it also.