مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - A Projection for Plant Protection Machinery of Central Anatolia Region

Abstract :

Chemical treatments are the most preferred method used in disease and pests control to prevent economic losses in agricultural commodities. There are several factors affecting the success in chemical treatments. Proper plant protection agent should initially be selected, it should be applied in proper dose at proper time with proper plant protection machinery. Machine adjustments and calibrations should also be done properly to get the best results. While developing environment-friendly systems without any harm on human health, safe and reliable use of agricultural machinery have started to gain great significan-ce. In this study, production and utilization of plant production machinery during the last decade were assessed to calculate a projection coefficient. Based on increase and decreases in projection coefficients, a projection was performed for plant protection machinery of Central Anatolia Region for the year 2023 and projection data were then compared with the country data of Turkey. The projection coefficient was calculated as 1.58% for pto-driven pulverizator, as 1.52% for atomizer, 0.42% for motorized pulverizator, 0.36% back pulveri-zator, as -7.09% for combined atomizer and -8.61% for duster. The values calculated for Central Anatolia Region were generally lower than the values calculated for Turkey.