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vol. 6, nr. 3 (2005)
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Carrot root losses and damage occurring during harvest by means of one-row simon harvester
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Józef Kowalczuk, Norbert Leszczyński
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Department of Horticultural Machinery, Agricultural University, ul. Głęboka 28, 20-612 Lublin |
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vol. 6 (2005), nr. 3,
pp. 671-676
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abstract:
The objective of this research was to determine carrot root losses and damage (Berlanda and Champion variety) occurring in the course of harvesting by means of one-row Simon harvester. The research was conducted at working speeds of the machine 0.43-0.5 m s-1. The volume of losses caused by failure of the machine to uproot the carrots from the soil were 7.7% (Champion variety) and 2.5% (Berlanda variety), while root damage rate was 12.2% and 15.6%, respectively. The share of roots with leaves not sheared off in gathered material was 7.3% (Champion variety) and 32.6% (Berlanda variety), while dirt content in the gathered material was 4.3 and 2.2%, respectively.
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keywords:
carrots, combine harvester, losses, root damage
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original in:
Polish
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