El-Iraqi, M., Marey, S., Drees, A., Abdel-Fatah, A. (2007). A COMPARISON BETWEEN THREE TILLAGE AND SOWING SYSTEMS FOR FLAX PRODUCTION. Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering, 32(8), 6375-6389. doi: 10.21608/jssae.2007.201338
M.E. El-Iraqi; S.A. Marey; A M. Drees; A. A. Abdel-Fatah. "A COMPARISON BETWEEN THREE TILLAGE AND SOWING SYSTEMS FOR FLAX PRODUCTION". Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering, 32, 8, 2007, 6375-6389. doi: 10.21608/jssae.2007.201338
El-Iraqi, M., Marey, S., Drees, A., Abdel-Fatah, A. (2007). 'A COMPARISON BETWEEN THREE TILLAGE AND SOWING SYSTEMS FOR FLAX PRODUCTION', Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering, 32(8), pp. 6375-6389. doi: 10.21608/jssae.2007.201338
El-Iraqi, M., Marey, S., Drees, A., Abdel-Fatah, A. A COMPARISON BETWEEN THREE TILLAGE AND SOWING SYSTEMS FOR FLAX PRODUCTION. Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering, 2007; 32(8): 6375-6389. doi: 10.21608/jssae.2007.201338
A COMPARISON BETWEEN THREE TILLAGE AND SOWING SYSTEMS FOR FLAX PRODUCTION
1Agric. Eng. Res. Inst,. Agric. Res. center, Egypt.
2Agric. Eng. Dept., Alazher Univ., Assiute, Egypt
3Field crop research inst. Agric. Res. center, Egypt
Abstract
ABSTRACT
The present study was carried out at research farm of Rice Mechanization Center, Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate during the two successive growing seasons of 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 to study the effect of tillage systems and sowing methods on seed and straw yield of two different genotypes flax varieties (Sakha 1 and .Sakha 3). Tillage systems were used, Conventional system: chisel plow (twice) + mechanical scraper (twice), Moderate system: chisel plow (twice) + disk harrow (twice) + mechanical scraper and Advanced system: chisel plow (twice) + rotary plow (once) + laser scraper. The sowing methods were manual broadcasting, mechanical broadcaster and developed mechanical broadcaster . The results can be summarized as follows:
1-The highest values of germination ratio (90.97 and 90.25 %) and the lowest values of coefficient of variance (12.3 and 13.6 %) were obtained at advanced tillage system for Sakha 1 and .Sakha3, respectively. While, the sowing methods have no significant effect on germination
2- The Maximum yield of straw (4.71 and 4.52 ton/fed) and seeds (575 and 421 kg/Fed) were obtained by using advanced system and modified broadcaster for Sakha1 and .Sakha 3, respectively.
4- Using advanced tillage system saving about 10.89 and 5.75% in energy requirement compared with conventional and moderate systems, respectively.
5- Using advanced tillage system instead of conventional and moderate systems with developed broadcaster increased the net profit of seed and straw yields by (61.31 and 77.49%) and by (22.82 and 35.68%) for flax Sakha1 and Sakha 3, respectively.