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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

Volume 6 Issue 1, April 2013

Research papers published in this issue.

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1 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES AND SOURCES OF NUTRIENTS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF CASHEW– B.M. ANANDA KUMAR, NARAYAN S. MAVARAKAR, PARASHURAMCHANDRAVANSHI ANDH. BHOGI BASAVARAJAPPA

2 EFFICIENCY OF MECHANICAL THRESHER OVER TRADITIONAL METHOD OF THRESHING FINGER MILLET–D.B.NAVEEN KUMAR, PRASANNA KUMAR, H.S. ARUN KUMAR, T.N. SANDEEP AND G. SUDHADEVI

3 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SOIL AS INFLUENCED BY DIFFERENT SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES AND SOURCES OF NUTRIENTS IN CASHEW–B.M. ANANDA KUMAR, PARASHURAM CHANDRAVANSHI, H. BHOGI BASAVARAJAPPA AND NARAYAN. S. MAVARAKAR

4 QUALITATIVE EVALUATION OF MIXED FRUIT BASED READY TO SERVE (RTS) BEVERAGE– VISHAL KUMAR, SURESH CHANDRA, ANUJ YADAV AND SHUSHEEL KUMAR

5 IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR CULTIVATION OFBEETROOT (BETA VULGARIS) UNDER SALINE VERTISOLS– SUBHAS BALAGANVI, P. BALAKRISHNAN AND M.V. RANGHASWAMI

6 EVALUATION TESING OF INTER ROW CULTIVATOR IN BROAD BED FURROW METHOD OF SOWING FOR KHARIF CROPS–NILESH NARAYAN WAGHMARE, V. P. KHAMBALKAR AND C.N. GANGDE

7 A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TIKHUR TRADITIONAL AND PARTIAL MECHANICAL PROCESSING AND COST ECONOMICS– SOUMITRA TIWARI AND S. PATEL

8 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF CASHEW NUT SHELLS– A.P. CHAUDHARI, N.J. THAKOR, S.P. SONAWANE AND A.A. SAWANT

9 VARIABILITY OF KINETIC ENERGY OF RAINFALL AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN SOIL EROSION–DEVDATTA V. PANDIT AND R.K. ISAAC

10 TH E ECON OMIC AN ALYSIS OF SUN FLOWER PR ODUCTION –P.S . KA NA N NAVA R, R U DR AG OU D A CH IL UR , B.R.VASANTHGOUDA,Y. RAVINDRA AND D.M. NAGARAJ

11 RAINFALL PROBABILITY ANALYSIS AND CROP PLANNING FORCHAMBAL REGION OF MADHYA PRADESH–H.S. BHADORIA, H. SINGH AND A. SINGH

12 FARM MACHINERY: THE ECONOMICS OF PADDY HARVESTING–D.N. BASAVARAJAPPA, B.CHINNAPPA AND H.G. SANNATHIMMAPPA

13 SOIL CHARACTRERISTIC MAPPING FOR IRRIGATION PLANNING OF COMMAND OF HANUMANSAGAR RESERVOIR– M.U. KALE, M.B. NAGDEVE AND V.V. GABHANE

14 TECHNIQUES OF CONTROLLING SALINITY IN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE FOR SUSTAINABILITY–D.K. SINGH AND R.M. SINGH

15 PREDICTION OF WATER DEFICIT BY PROBABILITY MODELS FOR VARANASI REGION IN UTTAR PRADESH– YATNESH BISEN AND A.K.NEMA

16 THE ANALYSIS OF ENERGY AUDIT FOR SUNFLOWER PRODUCTION IN NORTHERN TRANSITION ZONE OF KARNATAKA, INDIA–P.S. KANANNAVAR, RUDRAGOUDA CHILUR, B.R.VASANTHGOUDA,Y. RAVINDRA AND D.M. NAGARAJ

17 SELECTIVE MECHANIZATION FOR ENHANCING PRODUCTIVITY OF RICE CULTIVATION–B.K. YADAV AND B.S. KHERAWAT

18 DESIGN AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF A SOLAR PV WATER PUMPING SYSTEM FOR IRRIGATION OF BANANA– P.D. NARALE, N.S. RATHORE, S. KOTHARI AND P.V. BHOSALE

19 PERFORMANCE OF FORCED CONVECTION TYPE SOLAR DRIER WITH THERMAL STORAGE FOR GINGER DRYING– ARPITA MEHTA, SUDHIR JAIN, SURENDRA KOTHARI AND S.K. JAIN

20 CONJUNCTIVE USE OF SURFACE AND GROUND WATER FOR IRRIGATION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PAPBASIN, TAMIL NADU–B. SAROJINI DEVI, M.V. RANGHASWAMI AND C. MAYILSWAMI

21 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT PACKAGING AND STORAGE CONDITIONS ON SHELF-LIFE OF PROCESSED DRUMSTICK LEAVES– P. ARUN KUMAR, R. NIRMALA AND E.P. BHAVYA

22 STUDY ON TRACTOR IMPLEMENT COMBINATION AND OPTIMUM FIELD CAPACITY FOR SOME SELECTED FARMS–APOORV PRAKASH, R.K. NAIK, BRAJESHNARE AND N.S. CHANDEL

23 PERFORMANCE OF TRACTOR OPERATED HORIZONTAL ROTOR PLATE PLANTER– B. SANJEEVA REDDY AND R.V. ADAKE

24 WETLAND TRACTION RESEARCH: PRESENT STATUS AND FUTURE NEED– ARVIND KUMAR AND D.C. BARUAH

25 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF FRESNEL LENS CONCENTRATEDSOLAR WATER HEATER CUM DISTILLATION UNIT–P. M. KAPURKAR AND A. K. KURCHANIA

26 QUALITY OF OATS HARVESTED BY IMPACT TYPE FORAGE HARVESTER– SANJAY KHAR

27 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF UNMODIFIED 3.74 KW DIESELENGINE USING PONGAMIA BIODIESEL (PONGAMIA PINNATA L.) AND ITS BLENDS WITH PETRO DIESEL– SATISH R. DESAI AND P. VENKATACHALAM

28 ENHANCED YIELD AND FISCAL BENEFIT FROM MANGO (MANGIFERA INDICAL.) AND GUAVA (PSIDIUM GUAJAVA L.) THROUGH AUTOMATED DRIP FERTIGATION– D.K. SINGH, R.M. SINGH AND K.V.R. RAO

29 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF LPG FIRED SMALL CARDAMOM DRIER IN CARDAMOM PLANTATION–DAWN C.P. AMBROSE AND S.J.K. ANNAMALAI

30 DETERMINATION OF THE EFFECT OF BIODIESEL BLENDS ON AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR DURING REAL TIME MEASUREMENT– BEERGE RAMESH, RAGHAVENDRA CHAVAN, K. IBRAHIM AND MALLIKARJUN REDDY

31 ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT IMPROVED SICKLES IN PADDY HARVESTING– V.K. PANDEY, R.K. SINGH, V.P. RAI, D. ORAON, S.K. DUBEY, U.K. SINGH AND Z. ALAM

32 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF GROUNDNUT THRESHER FOR FRESHLY HARVESTED CROP– K. MADHUSUDHANA REDDY, D. VIJAY KUMAR, B. RAVINDRANATHA REDDY AND B. SAHADEVA REDDY

33 EFFECT OF PROCESS VARIABLES ON MASS TRANSPORT DATA DURING OSMOTIC DEHYDRATION OF BUTTON MUSHROOM (AGARICUS BISPORUS) SLICES–B.K. MEHTA, A.K. JHA, K. CHATTERJEE, M. KUMARI AND S.K. JAIN

34 SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF DROUGHT OCCURRENCE IN THE PARAMBIKULAM-ALIYAR RIVER BASIN, TAMIL NADU–M. MANIKANDAN AND D. TAMILMANI

35 PROCESSING, PACKAGING AND STORAGE OF PASTA FROM PROSO MILLET– G. SUDHA DEVI, V. PALANIMUTHU, H.S. ARUNKUMAR AND P. ARUNKUMAR

36 CAD CAMMODELING OF TWIN WHEEL HAND HOE–B.S. GHOLAP, P.P. JADHAV, S.V. WANDKAR AND D.D. PARDHE

37 DEHYDRATION OF MATH BY DIFFERENT DRYING METHODS–N.J. THAKOR, V.T. ATKARI AND M.S. POWALE

38 GPSAND REMOTE SENSING ADOPTION IN PRECISION AGRICULTURE–P.M. KAPURKAR, A.K. KURCHANIA AND S.N. KHARPUDE

39 RAINFALL BEHAVIOUR OF BELVAL AND BHUSAWAL STATIONS OF JALGAON DISTRICT– S.P. NIKAM AND S.S. DHANPHULE

40 DELINEATION OF TORSA RIVER BASIN FROM REMOTELY SENSED DIGITAL ELEVATION DATA– S.P. NIKAM AND SOUVIK ACHARYYA

41 DRYING CHARACTERISTICS OF BYADAGI CHILLI (CAPSICUM ANNUUM LINN.) USING SOLAR TUNNEL DRYER– B. MANJULA, C.T. RAMACHANDRA AND UDAYAKUMAR NIDONI

42 INTEGRATION OF RAIN WATER HARVESTING AND DRIP IRRIGATION FOR INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY OF LEMON [CITRUS LIMON(L.) BURMF)– PANKAJ BARUA

43 EFFECT OF NOZZLE DISCHARGE RATE AND NOZZLE PRESSUREON UNIFORM DEPOSITION OF SPRAY–B.S. GHOLAP, RAVI MATHUR, S.V. WANDKAR AND P.P. JADHAV

44 MOISTURE DYNAMICS AND WATER USE EFFICIENCY AS INFLUENCED BY DIFFERENT METHODS AND LEVELS OF IRRIGATIONFOR VEGETABLE CROP UNDER SALT-AFFECTED SOILS– SUBHAS BALAGANVI, P. BALAKRISHNAN, M.V. RANGHASWAMI AND D. TAMILMANI

45 STUDY OF INPUT AND OUTPUT PARAMETERS ON ENERGY REQUIREMENT IN COTTON CROP PRODUCTION–A.R. WAKODE, R.K. RATHOD, S.K. THAKARE AND D.T. BUNDE

46 CHARACTERISTICS OF TREE CANOPY AFFECTING THROUGHFALL AND INTERCEPTION OF RAINFALL IN A STAND OF SILVEROAK (GREVILIA ROBUSTA)–P. PRAVEEN, S.L. LOKESH AND M.K.GANASHRUTHY

47 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF BULLOCK CART MOUNTED ENGINE OPERATED SPRAYER– VINAYA KUMAR KALIKAR, K.V. PRAKASH, M. VEERENGOUDA AND SUSHILENDRA

48 EVALUATION OF LOCAL HEAD LOSSES IN DRIP IRRIGATION LATERALS OF INLINE EMITTERS– ASHOK RAIGONDA, P. BALAKRISHNAN, N.B. MAREPPA AND K. SHIVANAND

49 CHANGES IN ASCORBIC ACID CONTENT, COLOUR (L-VALUE) AND WATER ACTIVITY (A W ) DURING AIR-DRYING OF OSMOSED AGARICUS BISPORUSSLICES–B.K. MEHTA, S.K. JAIN, G.P. SHARMA AND K. CHATTERJEE

50 EFFECT ON PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CUCUMBER AND KINNOW STORED IN EVAPORATIVE COOL CHAMBERS USING RICE HUSK ASH AS ALTERNATIVE MATERIAL– YOGENDER SINGH AND Y. K. YADAV

51 DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF TRACTOR DRAWN GROUNDNUT PLANTER FOR RABISEASON–K. MADHUSUDHANA REDDY, D. VIJAY KUMAR, B.SAHADEVA REDDY AND B. RAVINDRANATHA REDDY

52 DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT OF ANIMAL DRAWN MULTIPURPOSE TOOL CARRIER SUITABLE FOR NON-DESCRIPT BREED OF BULLOCKS OF CHHATTISGARH– ANAND GAUTAM, S.V. JOGDAND AND VINAY KUMAR NAYAK

53 DRYING OF ONION SLICES IN SOLAR TENT DRYER– P.S. BANDGAR, S.A. MEHETRE AND J.S. GHATGE

54 DESIGN, DEVELOP AND TESTING OF SIX –ROW MANUALLY OPERATED VIRENDRA PADDY DRUM SEEDER IN PARTIALLY RECLAIMED SOIL OF DISTRICT UNNAO, UTTAR PRADESH–BALJEET BAHADUR VERMA

55 EFFECT OF MOLE DRAIN SPACING AND DEPTHS ON THE GROWTH CHARACTER AND YIELD OF SOYBEAN IN VERTISOLS OF MP–S.S. DHAKAD, K.V.R. RAO, K.P. MISHRA AND D.K. PALIWAL