Characteristics of Fallen Seed Distribution by Domestic and Imported Aerial Seeding Equipment

Xiaobo Zhu, Wuzhou Luo, Cong Wang and Bin Li

Asian Agricultural Research, 2021, vol. 13, issue 07

Abstract: In order to explore the seed drop characteristics by aerial seeding equipment, taking aerial seeding for Pinus tabulaeformis as an example, the Gaussian curve fitting and chi-square goodness-of-fit test were carried out on the data of fallen seed distribution, and the seed distribution models of domestic FB-85 and imported PZLM-18 equipment were established. The seeding performance indexes of the two kinds of equipment were calculated and compared by using the model, the existing problems of domestic equipment and their causes are analyzed, and finally, some suggestions for equipment optimization were put forward. The results indicated that the seed drop of the two kinds of equipment showed the characteristics of dense distribution in the middle and sparse distribution on both sides, and followed the Gaussian distribution as a whole; compared with PZLM-18, FB-85 had better seeding performance, but it also had the problem of uneven seed distribution; in addition to the influence of aircraft flow field, the fishtail structure design of diffuser is another important reason for the uneven seed distribution of domestic equipment; without changing the fishtail structure design, it is suggested that the principle of cross-superposition of two seeding belts should be used to replace a single large-size diffuser with two small-size diffusers, which can reduce the number of seeds in the middle and increase the number of seeds on both sides, so as to improve the uniformity of seed distribution.

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Date: 2021
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