Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXV, Issue 1
Written by Dimitar KEHAYOV, Rada POPOVA, Ivan ZAHARIEV
A field experiment was conducted with three tillage machines (disc harrow, soil tiller and cultivator) in an orchard in the area of Asenovgrad, Plovdiv region. The following agrotechnical indicators were observed - Soil loosening, pruning of weeds in the row spacing and maintenance of the set depth of work. It was found that the degree of loosening of the soil (85.5%) is highest in the milling machine. The disc harrow achieves maximum weed control (88.9%) and best maintains the set working depth (deviation 0.44 cm). An analysis of the obtained results was performed.
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