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Design and Evaluation of a Machine Integrating Ridge-Breaking, Fertilizing, and Ridging for Ratoon Sugarcane Without Intertillage

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Existing ratoon sugarcane management machinery cannot satisfy the new agronomic requirements for the integration of ratoon sugarcane ridge-breaking, fertilizing, and re-ridging. Thus, a machine integrating these functions for ratoon sugarcane was designed. The machine structure and key components were designed in accordance with the analysis results of the agronomic requirements. The field orthogonal experiments indicated that the factors affecting the broken rate of soil are speed of rotary shaft, forward speed, and working depth. The influence on the hilling height includes the following aspects: working depth, speed of rotary shaft, and forward speed. Analysis of variance showed that the speed of rotary shaft and forward speed had exceedingly significant effect on the broken rate of soil, the working depth had exceedingly significant effect on the hilling height, and the speed of the rotary shaft reached a significant level. When the tractor was at low gear III and its forward speed was 1.2 m/s, the speed of the rotary shaft was 300 r/min, and the working depth was 20 cm, the verification experiments indicated that the hilling height and the broken rate of soil were 87.4% and 17.0 cm, respectively. The combination of these operating parameters could obtain a better balance between effect and efficiency. Results of production experiments showed that the field performance of the machine satisfied the agronomic requirements, and the ratoon sugarcane sprouted and grew well in the experimental area. The research provided a supporting machine to promote the application of new agronomic practice for ratoon sugarcane management.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank Bao-Shan Chen, Hong-Tao Jiang, Min Huang, and Zhong-Xiao Huang for their valuable help in the design and experiments.

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This study was supported by Project of State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources (Grant no. SKLCUSA-a202007), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52165009) and Innovation Project of Guangxi Graduate Education (Grant no. YCBZ2020035).

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  1. College of Mechanical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, People’s Republic of China

    Shang-Ping Li, Jia-Feng Pan & Jia-Qin Zhong

  2. College of Electronic Information, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning, 530006, People’s Republic of China

    Shang-Ping Li

  3. College of Artificial Intelligence, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning, 530006, People’s Republic of China

    Wei Li

  4. Guangxi Agricultural Machinery Research Institute Co., Ltd., Nanning, 530007, People’s Republic of China

    De-Quan Yang & Qing-Gui Mo

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Shang-Ping Li, Jia-Feng Pan, Jia-Qin Zhong, Wei Li, De-Quan Yang, and Qing-Gui Mo performed analysis on all samples, interpreted data and wrote the manuscript. All the authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Li, SP., Pan, JF., Zhong, JQ. et al. Design and Evaluation of a Machine Integrating Ridge-Breaking, Fertilizing, and Ridging for Ratoon Sugarcane Without Intertillage. Sugar Tech 24, 1913–1923 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-021-01073-4

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