Module 7: Planting Equipment

Question 1

a mech device used to meter and place seeds or plants in the soil for crop production

Answer 1

planting equipment

Question 2

2 main types of planting equipment

Answer 2

1. seeders
2. planters

Question 3

2 main types of planting equipment

used for generative reproduction of crops; deposits seeds into the soil

Answer 3

seeders

Question 4

2 main types of planting equipment

used for vegetative reproduction of crops; deposit whole small plants or parts of plants into the soil

Answer 4

planters

Question 5

4 seeding patterns

Answer 5

1. broadcasting
2. drill seeding
3. precision planting
4. hill dropping

Question 6

seeding patterns

random scattering of seeds over the surface of the field

Answer 6

broadcasting

Question 7

seeding patterns

random dropping and covering of the seeds in furrows to give definite rows

Answer 7

drill seeding

Question 8

seeding patterns

accurate placing of single seeds at about equal intervals in rows

Answer 8

precision planting

Question 9

seeding patterns

placing groups of seeds at bout equal intervals in rows

Answer 9

hill dropping

Question 10

2 planting systems

Answer 10

solid planting
row crop planting

Question 11

planting systems

spacing between rows or planting beds does not permit the entry of machinery for intertilling and other cultural practices

Answer 11

solid planting

Question 12

planting systems

rows or planting beds are far enough to permit the entry of machinery between rows for intertilling and other cultural practices

Answer 12

row crop planting

Question 13

planting systems

broadcasting and drill seeding are examples of row crop planting

true or false

Answer 13

false; these are examples of row crop planting

Question 14

seeder classification according to power source

Answer 14

1. manually operated / hand seeder
2. animal drawn seeder
3. tractor power driven seeder

Question 15

seeder classification according to power source

type of seeder which deposits the seeds in holes with spacing set by the operator

Answer 15

manually operated / hand seeder

Question 16

examples of manually operated / hand seeder

Answer 16

• single row push type seeder
• rice drum seeder
• animal-drawn seeder

Question 17

seeder classification according to power source

has metering mechanisms driven by the ground wheels or by power take-off from a tractor

Answer 17

tractor power driven seeder

Question 18

drills and deposits the seeds at a specified rate and depth and in narrow-spaced rows

Answer 18

drill planter / seed drill

Question 19

a drill planter / seed drill can deposit the seeds in hills or even in check rows

true or false

Answer 19

false; it cannot do that

Question 20

seeder classification according to power source - tractor power driven seeder

a drill planter / seed drill designed to plant seeds continuously in rows with row spacing greater than 36 cm

Answer 20

row-crop drill planter

Question 21

seeder classification according to power source - tractor power driven seeder

a drill planter / seed drill designed to plant seeds continously in rows with row spacing less than 36 cm

Answer 21

solid drill planter

Question 22

seeder classification according to power source - tractor power driven seeder

deposit the seeds at a specified rate in hills and rows and also functions as a seed drill if required

Answer 22

row crop seeder/planter

Question 23

seeder classification according to power source - tractor power driven seeder

designed to plant seeds in rows far enough apart to permit the subsequent entry of machinery (inter-row cultivation)

Answer 23

row crop seeder/planter

Question 24

seeder classification according to power source - tractor power driven seeder

a row crop seeder/planter designed to deposit one or more seeds in a hill at equal intervals

Answer 24

hill drop seeder/planter

Question 25

seeder classification according to power source - tractor power driven seeder a row crop seeder/planter enables operator to perform hill planting at definite spacing (in checks or squares)

Answer 25

check-row seeder/planter

Question 26

seeder classification according to power source - tractor power driven seeder a row crop seeder/planter facilitates mechanical weed control and other operations

Answer 26

check-row seeder/planter

Question 27

seeder classification according to power source - tractor power driven seeder a row crop seeder/planter designed to deposit a single seed at equal row intervals

Answer 27

precision seeder/planter

Question 28

seeder classification according to power source - tractor power driven seeder designed to scatter the seeds uniformly over the surface of the field without definite rows and hills

Answer 28

broadcaster

Question 29

mech functions of a seeder/planter

Answer 29

make a furrow - furrow opener meter the seeds - metering device deposit the seeds - seed tube cover the seeds - furrow closer

Question 30

machine designed for transplanting rice seedlings into a puddled and leveled field

Answer 30

mechanical rice transplanter

Question 31

examples of mechanical rice transplanter

Answer 31

1. three-wheel riding type rice transplanter 2. four-wheel riding type rice transplanter 3. walk-behind rice transplanter

Question 32

a procedure of determining the performance of a planter under the different seeding rates and row and hill spacings it is designed to operate

Answer 32

planter calibration

Question 33

when are planters calibrated?

Answer 33

when newly acquired and at regular intervals

Question 34

local agmech techs this low -cost machine was developed for row seeding of pre-germinated paddy on puddled soils

Answer 34

IRRI drum seeder

Question 35

local agmech techs an accurate and even seed metering mechanism, utilizing a foam-pad to sow wide range of seed species without any damage

Answer 35

IRRI Inverted T-Seeder