Groundnut Digger (ICRISAT Design) for Hard Soils

    Awadhwal, N K and Takenaga, T (1988) Groundnut Digger (ICRISAT Design) for Hard Soils. International Arachis Newsletter, 3. p. 17.

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    Abstract

    A digger was developed for digging bunch type groundnuts in dry and hard soils (alfisols). It has 2 shares inclined at 120 deg to each other and chisel points for increased penetration into hard soils. A single digger unit attached to a toolbar is pulled by oxen and 2 or more diggers are tractor-drawn. The tractor-drawn 2-digger unit was tested in the field. It covered a 1 m wide strip and performed quite satisfactorily, whereas a blade-type digger failed to penetrate to the desired depth. The oxen-drawn single digger unit covered a 40 cm strip or 1 row of the crop.

    Item Type: Article
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    Subjects: Mandate crops > Groundnut
    Depositing User: Library ICRISAT
    Date Deposited: 10 Oct 2011 07:10
    Last Modified: 10 Oct 2011 07:10
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/2144
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