Development of a Computerized Measurement System for in-Row Seed Spacing Accuracy

ÖNAL O., Onal I.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, cilt.33, sa.2, ss.99-109, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 33 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3906/tar-0804-12
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.99-109
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Computerized measurement system, sticky belt test, seed spacing accuracy, precision seeding, OPTOELECTRONIC SENSOR SYSTEM, UNIFORMITY, PLANTERS
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of this study was to develop a computerized measurement system (CMS) combined with a sticky belt test stand for examining in-row seed spacing distribution accuracy. For this purpose 8 performance parameters were selected for precision seeding: mean seed spacing, the standard deviation, the multiples index, the miss index, the quality of feed index, the precision, the population index. and the coefficient of precision (CP-3). The CMS hardware consisted of a high precision optical mouse coupled with a laser pointer and a notebook computer. The use of optical laser technology is a new method for the determination of seed spacing distribution. The CMS stored seed coordinate data, which was input using a simple user interface, and sent to the data to Microsoft Excel for further statistical analysis. The results obtained from this study confirm that the combination of a sticky belt test stand and CMS can be used instead of a digital caliper and steel tape measure to rapidly and correctly obtain quantitative evaluations of seed spacing uniformity in the laboratory.