A tractor-operated root crop harvester was developed by KAU especially for harvesting coleus, turmeric and ginger. The developed machine increased the yield and reduced the losses and damages caused to the tuber/ rhizome ...

Coconut (Cocous nucifera L.) is one of the most prominent commercial crops in tropical and is usually referred as “tree of heaven”. The seed or the fruit of the coconut palm, which is also referred as coconut must be ...

Greenhouses are framed or inflated structure covered with transparent or translucent material large enough to grow crops under partial or fully controlled environmental conditions to get optimum growth and productivity ...

Mechanisation for cassava harvesting is still very low in most cassava growing areas of India due to topographic constraints society of labours. The man-machine system of cassava harvesting is still a major challenge to ...

Subsurface movement of water has a vital role in the availability of water of an area, such that vertical downward movement of water from root zone region will recharge the groundwater and the lateral movement from the ...

Direct dry seeding is the most adopted method for upland rice cultivation in regions where water scarcity is a major issue. Generally, dry seeding includes the operations such as seedbed preparation, broadcasting of seeds ...