Protótipo de equipamento para destruição de soqueiras de algodão.

Abstract

The destruction of cotton plants is an obligatory practice, as prophylaxis and it involves several mechanized practices, which high cost yield. This work presents a prototype to uproot the cotton plants, after harvest, developed by researchers of DSER / FAMEV of the Federal University of Mato Grosso. The tests involved two extractor types, the first one, which have more aggressive geometry, presented satisfactory performance to remove de cotton trash, and the other, less aggressive, and was not efficient in the process to uproot cotton plants. The prototype had the highest performance with 98% which was superior to the traditional process, using mower and Offset disc harrow, that had 89,7%.