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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

Volume 7 Issue 1, April 2014

Research papers published in this issue.

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1 PARAMETERS THAT INFLUENCE THE MOLE DRAIN (PIPELESS) FORMATION IN VERTISLOS OF M.P.– S.S. DHAKAD, K.V.R. RAO, K.P. MISHRA, V.K. AGRAWAL AND S.K. VERMA

2 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SELF PROPELLED RIDING TYPE VERTICAL CONVEYOR REAPER– S.A. MEHETRE, J.S. GHATGE AND P.S. BANDGAR

3 IRRIGATION SCHEDULING USING COMPUTER SOFTWARES– P.B. PATIL, M.U. KALE, S.B. WADATKAR AND G.S. PAWAR

4 HEAT PUMP DRYING OF SAFED MUSLI (CHLOROPHYTUM BORIVILIANUM) ROOTS– S.R. SAKKALKAR, P.H. BAKANE, V.S. SONONE AND C.V. DHUMAL

5 OPTIMIZATION OF LANDUSE OF PATAPUR GOLADINNI-NALA WATERSHED OF MANVI TQ., DIST. RAICHUR, KARNATAKA– ARAVIND BHANGI, M. NEMICHANDRAPPA AND GOUDRA PRAMODGOUDA

6 SOIL LOSS PREDICTION MODEL UNDER DIFFERENT LAND USES IN SCARCITY ZONE OF WESTERN MAHARASHTRA– V.A. STHOOL, S.K. UPADHYE, R.V. SANGLIKAR, A.A. ATRE AND J.R. KADAM

7 COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND WEAR PATTERN STUDY OF RUBBER LINER ON THE IRON WHEELS OF A MODIFIED STEEL BULLOCK CART ON TAR AND EARTHEN ROADS OF RURAL ODISHA–M.K. GHOSAL, S.K. SWAIN,A.K. DASH AND A.K. MOHAPATRA

8 ASSESSMENT OF WADI DISTRIBUTORY OF WRP WITH MIKE11– N.N. KURALKAR, M.U. KALE AND G.S. PAWAR

9 MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS FOR PRIORITIZATION OF WATERSHED USING GIS TECHNIQUE– NIVEDITA SINGH, PRIYANKATIWARI, PRABHAT KUMAR GURU AND DHIRAJ KHALKHO

10 EFFECT OF IRRIGATION AND FERTIGATION LEVELS ON YIELD AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE OF BRINJAL (SOLANUM MELONGENA L.)– S.R. UGADE, B.L. AYARE, T.N. THORAT AND R.T. THOKAL

11 MOISTURE RELATED PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF DRUM-ROASTED CASHEWNUT– S.K. SWAIN, J.P. GUPTA AND B.R. NAYAK

12 SALT DYNAMICS AS INFLUENCED BY DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DRIP AND SURFACE IRRIGATION METHODS IN THE RHIZOSPHERE OF VEGETABLE CROP UNDER SALT AFFECTED VERTISOLS– SUBHAS BALAGANVI, M.V. RANGHASWAMI AND P. BALAKRISHNAN

13 STUDY ON FARM POWER AVAILABILITY IN ALIGARH DISTRICT– ANISA KUMARI AND GEETA KUMARI

14 ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF A POWER WEEDER FOR HOMESTEAD GARDENS– BINI SAM

15 TRAINING NEEDS FOR BHIL TRIBES FOR AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED ACTIVITIES IN RAJGARH DISTRICT MADHYA PRADESH– SANJEEV VERMA, DEEPALI AGRAWAL, S.S. DHAKADAND A.K. GUPTA

16 EFFECT OF BLENDING SORGHUM FLOUR ON DOUGH RHEOLOGY OF WHEAT BREAD– K.P. KHATING, R.N. KENGHE, G.B. YENGE, V.M. INGALE AND SHUBHANGI D. SHELAR

17 WATER DIFFUSION CO-EFFICIENT OF PADDY, RICE, BLACK GRAM AND DHAL–VIRENDRA FOKE AND DINESH RATHOD

18 SENSORY EVALUATION OF BISCUITS SUPPLEMENTED WITH SOY FLOUR AND JAMUN SEED POWDER–MEGHA PATIL, S.B. KALSE AND S.K. JAIN

19 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SELF PROPELLED BOOM SPRAYER–D.S. KARALE, U.S. KANKAL, V.P. KHAMBALKAR AND A.V. GAJAKOS

20 DEVELOPMENT OF A SEEDLING EJECTION MECHANISM FOR PRO-TRAY SEEDLING–S. SIVAKUMAR AND C. DIVAKER DURAIRAJ

21 ANNUAL GEOMORPHIC RESPONSE MODEL FOR PREDICTION OF RUNOFF FROM UNGAUGED WATERSHEDS–S.P. NIKAM, R.C. PUROHIT, M.G. SHINDE, P.K. SINGH, H.K. JAIN AND PRAVIN DAHIPHALE

22 FIELD EVALUATION OF DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM FOR SMALL SCALE CUCUMBER CROP–CH. MURALI KRISHNA, J. RAMA RAJESWAR AND M. SRINI VASULU

23 YIELD RESPONSE OF CUCUMBER (CUCUMIS SATIVUS L.) TO SHADING PERCENTAGE OF SHADE NET–M.A. PATIL AND A.D. BHAGAT

24 EFFECT OF ACCELERATED AGEING ON PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF BPT 5204–SHAIK HANEEFA BEGUM AND B. ASHWIN KUMAR

25 GEOMORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF THE ARANG WATERSHED IN CHHATTISGARH REGION–GEETA KUMARI ANDANISA KUMARI

26 SPOILAGE OF SUGARCANE JUICE A PROBLEM IN SUGARCANE INDUSTRY– SUMAN SINGH, KIRTIRAJ GAIKWAD AND P.K. OMRE

27 ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONSERVATION IN DAIRY INDUSTRY–D.A. CHAUDHARY, J.B. UPADHYAY AND VIVEK KOSHTA

28 STUDY OF DIFFERENT METHODS OF MAIZE HARVESTING AND THRESHING IN HOSHIARPUR DISTRICT OF PUNJAB–AJAIB SINGH

29 APPRAISAL STUDY OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES IN RAICHUR DISTRICT, KARNATAKA–MALLIKARJUNA, IBRAHIM KHALEEL AND AYYANNA

30 EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT METHODS OF DIRECT SOWING OF PADDY–AJAIB SINGH

31 MINIMIZING IRRIGATION WATER LOSSES IN FLOODED PADDY USING LOW COST SENSOR UNIT–B. ASHWIN KUMAR, A. RAMA RAO, M. SRINIVASULU AND H.V. HEMA KUMAR

32 EFFECT OF SEED RELEASE HEIGHT ON SEED SCATTERING AT DIFFERENT BT COTTON SEED CATEGORY–VINEET KUMAR SHARMA AND DINESH KUMAR

33 TECHNO ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC WATER PUMPING SYSTEM– P.D. NARALE, N.S. RATHORE AND M.M. LAD

34 CROP YIELD OPTIMIZATION USING GENETIC ALGORITHM WITH THE CROPWAT MODEL AS A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM– SIRAJUL ISLAM AND BIPUL TALUKDAR

35 FEASIBILITY STUDY OF OPERATING DHAL MILL BY USING BULLOCK POWER THROUGH ROTARY MODE– M.K. GHOSAL, D. BEHERA, A.K. MOHAPATRA AND P. PRADHAN

36 UASB BIOMETHANATION REACTOR PERFORMANCE IN FRUIT PROCESSING INDUSTRIAL WASTES– M.M.C. RAJIVGANDHI, M. SINGARAVELU AND S. KAMARAJ

37 ESTIMATION OF EVAPOTRANSPIRATION AND EFFECTIVE RAINFALL USING CROPWAT– S.S. WANE AND M.B. NAGDEVE

38 STUDY ON MARKETING PATTERN OF TRACTOR IN ALIGARH DISTRICT UTTAR PRADESH– ANISA KUMARI AND GEETA KUMARI

39 APPLICATION OF TEMPORAL DISAGGREGATION MODEL FOR TUNGABHADRA RIVER IN STREAM FLOW GENERATION–MALLIKARJUNA AND A.A. ATRE

40 STUDY OF DUST CONTENT IN WHEAT STRAW HARVESTED BY WHEAT STRAW COMBINES– ABHISHEK BHARDWAJ AND J.S. MAHAL

41 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SEEDS AND ITS EFFECT ON SEED DRILL PERFORMANCE– P.K. GURU, P.S. TIWARI AND R.K. NAIK

42 DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF MANUALLY OPERATED SPROCKET WEEDER– K. MANJUNATHA, SUNIL SHIRWAL SUSHILENDRA AND P. VIJAYAKUMAR

43 DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF TRACTOR OPERATED SLASHER– D.S. KARALE, V.P. KHAMBALKAR AND U.S. KANKAL

44 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DRIP AND SURFACE IRRIGATION METHODS ON POTASSIUM DISTRIBUTION IN THE RHIZOSPHERE OF BEETROOT CROP UNDER SALINE VERTISOLS–SUBHAS BALAGANVI, M.V. RANGHASWAMI, P. BALAKRISHNAN AND S.B. SALIMATH

45 PERFORMANCE OF HYBRID ANAEROBIC REACTORS FOR TREATMENT OF DAIRY EFFLUENT USING DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL PACKING MEDIA– VIVEK KOSHTA, J.B. UPADHYAY, HIMALI MEHTA AND D.A. CHAUDHARY

46 DEVELOPMENT OF A GRAVITY FED AUTOMATIC VEGETABLE TRANSPLANTER–S. SIVAKUMAR AND C. DIVAKER DURAIRAJ

47 PERFORMANCE OF SUB-SURFACE DRAINAGE SYSTEM INSTALLED AT APPIKATLA REGION OF ANDHRA PRADESH–M. SRINUIVASULU, A. RAMA RAO, M. RAGHU BABU, G. RAVI BABU AND H.V. HEMA KUMAR

48 PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS FOR MORPHOMETRIC MODELLING FOR SMALL WATERSHEDS OF TAPI BASIN IN INDIA–S.P. NIKAM, R.C. PUROHIT, M.G. SHINDE, P.K. SINGH, H.K. JAIN AND PRAVIN DAHIPHALE

49 FORECASTING OF COCONUT PRODUCTION IN INDIA: A SUITABLE TIME SERIES MODEL–K. NAVEENA, SANTOSHA RATHOD, GARIMA SHUKLA AND K.J. YOGISH

50 DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A HAND OPERATED MAIZE SHELLER–B. ASHWIN KUMAR AND SHAIK HANEEFA BEGUM

51 A SEMI–DISTRIBUTED WATER BALANCE MODEL FOR WALAYAR SUB BASIN USING SWAT MODEL–K. BALATHANDAYUTHAM AND C. MAYILSWAMI

52 DERIVATION OF UNIT HYDROGRAPH BY USING RAINFALL AND RUNOFF DATA FOR A SMALL WATERSHED–MOHD. GUFRAN AND P.K.S. BHADUARIA

53 DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF BULLOCK DRAWN ENGINE OPERATED HIGH CLEARANCE SPRAYER FOR PIGEONPEA CROP–M. VEERANGOUDA, K.V. PRAKASH, JAGJIWAN RAM AND G. NEELAKANTAYYA

54 THE THERMO-PACK EQUIPMENT AND ITS EVALUATION FOR MEASURING TEMPERATURE OF MATERIAL DURING HOT AIR PUFFING OF RICESOY COLD EXTRUDATE–I.L. PARDESHI AND P.K. CHATTOPADHYAY

55 DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF PEDAL OPERATED GROUNDNUT POD STRIPPING MACHINE–J.S. GHATGE, P.S. BANDGAR AND S.A. MEHETRE

56 BULK DENSITY OF BIOMASS AND PARTICLE DENSITY OF THEIR BRIQUETTES–SHINDE VAIBHAVKUMAR BHAGWANRAO AND M. SINGARAVELU

57 EVALUATION OF SELF PROPELLED PNEUMATIC PLANTER FOR RAIN FED CROPS–V.P. KHAMBALKAR, D.S. KARALE AND U.S. KANKAL