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Turmeric planting in India is largely carried out using conventional manual methods, which are labour-intensive, time-consuming, and costly. To address these limitations, tractor operated semi-automatic two row turmeric planter was designed and fabricated at the department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, RPCAU Pusa. The developed planter consists of a mild steel main frame, trapezoidal hopper, horizontal disc-type seed metering mechanism with ten slots, semi-cylindrical seed dropping tubes, ground-driven power transmission system, adjustable ridger bottoms, and an operator seat for manual feeding. Laboratory evaluation showed that the planter achieved a rhizome application rate of 2201.40 kg/ha. The highest rhizomes average spacing was 286 mm at the speed of 1.25 km/h for 2.0:1 gear ratio whereas minimum spacing was 186 mm at the speed of 0.75 km/h for 1.6:1 gear ratio. Maximum missing index was observed 17.68 % at the speed of 1.25 km/h for 2.0:1 gear ratio while minimum missing index was 8.76 % at the speed of 0.75 km/h for 1.6:1 gear ratio. Maximum multiple index was observed 19.07 % at the speed of 1.25 % for 1.8:1 gear ratio while minimum multiple index was recorded 10.15 % at the speed of 0.75 km/h for 2.0:1 gear ratio. The effective field capacity was found 0.059, 0.077, 0.09 ha/h at the speed of 0.75, 1.00 1.25 km/h respectively. The average fuel consumption of the tractor was 4.3 l/ha.
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