Pantnagar Journal of Research

Abstract

The green gram crop is harvested manually by small and marginal farmers in India. Different types of reapers are available, which are used for harvesting different crops at the lower cutting height up to 5×10^-2 m. In order to study the mechanization of green gram harvesting operation for small and marginal farmers, a walking behind self-propelled vertical conveyor reaper-cum-windrower with the lip-less guard was evaluated for harvesting of green gram crop at 86, 93 and 97 days after sowing (DAS). In this study, the field capacity of the reaper and harvesting losses and the average stubble height of the green gram were measured. The reaper’s field capacity and harvesting losses were observed as 0.18 ha/h and 1-2%, respectively, at a forwarding speed of 0.57 m/s.