PERFORMANCE OF A GRAIN DRILL IN FUNCTION OF SOIL TILLAGE AND MAIZE CROP SPACING

• Autor(a) principal: Chioderoli, Carlos Alessandro
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Furlani, Carlos Eduardo Angeli, Silva, Rouverson Pereira da, Gitti, Douglas de castilho, Kaneko, Flávio Hiroshi, Roman, Rodrigo Alberto Alândia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/7647
• topic: Zea mays L.; sowing; operational capacity; wheel slip; agricultural machinery; Zea mays L.; semeadura; capacidade operacional; patinagem; máquinas agrícolas

The performance of machines and agricultural implements are of fundamental importance, especially when subjected to different types of soil tillage, and have to adapt to these conditions, in order to promote good operational performance. The objective of this study was to analyze the operational performance of a Marchesan Supreme Cop grain drill, equipped with four rows, spaced 0.90 m, according to three types of tillage: conventional tillage (plowing and two harrowing series), reduced tillage (scarification with a roller), and no-tillage, in areas previously seeded with maize (Zea mays L.), at two spacing measures (0.90 m and 0.45 m). The results indicate that the demand for power, tensile stress, and motor rotation, in the sowing operation, were not influenced by tillage and maize crop. The tractor wheel slip showed different results, being lower in no-tillage and higher in conventional and reduced tillage. KEY-WORS: Zea mays L.; sowing; operational capacity; wheel slip; agricultural machinery.