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AeRoller: herbicides roller machine for aerobic rice weed control
Mohd Khusairy, K1, Ayob, H2, Chan, C.S3, Mohamed Fauzi, M.I4, Mohamad Fakhrul Zaman, O5, M. Shahril Shah G.S6, Azlan, O7, Abdul Rasad, M8, Mohd Hashim, A9, Saifulizan, M.N10.
As wet land rice, aerobic rice is also faced with the problem of weeds management. The
absences of stagnant water facilitating more weed species to survive and compete with
rice plants. Therefore, soil preparation is crucial for reduce weed problems in addition to
manual control, which focuses on the rate of herbicides, the growth of rice plants, plant
moisture and weed species. The risk of spray drift would be eliminated if herbicides were
wiped on to weeds rather than sprayed. A machine designed to apply herbicides using
rolling wipers were assessed for their ability to apply constant amounts of herbicide to
treated surfaces. The machine designed by developed a structure consist of weed ball
applicator, a hose connect to a 300 liter reservoir tank which attached to the transplanter
prime mover. Weed ball applicator treated strips 15cm wide and having a roller 100 cm
length. Adjustments to the flow rate as the reservoir can be made using a control valve at
weed ball devices and control valve at the reservoir tank. AeRoller application used by
wipe the herbicide onto weeds instead of spraying. The risk of damage to nearby non
target plant would be almost eliminated and treatment under windy conditions would be
possible by wiping herbicide on to weeds rather than spraying. A field evaluation of the
Aeroller showed that it had good potential for the applications of herbicides for controlling
weeds on aerobic rice farm. The use of this rollers device system saves chemicals, reduce
labor, reduce pollution on the environment and reduce worker exposure to dangerous
herbicides.
Affiliation:
- Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI), Malaysia
- Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI), Malaysia
- Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI), Malaysia
- Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI), Malaysia
- Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI), Malaysia
- Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI), Malaysia
- Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI), Malaysia
- Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI), Malaysia
- Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI), Malaysia
- Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI), Malaysia
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