Gursoy, Songul Dicle Üniversitesi - Ziraat Fakültesi - Tarım Makinaları Bölümü, Diyarbakır

The Evaluation of The Wheat Stubble and Stalk Management Systems Applied in Diyarbakir Province

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Cereals constitute the majority of agriculture area in the province of Diyarbak?r. More than 85% of cereals contain the wheat planting area. One of the problems encountered in wheat cultivation is stubble management during and after harvesting. The wheat stubble after harvesting has been generally used as livestock fodder by making straw or burned. It has been also used as livestock bedding by gathering with baler in a lot of regions. In this study, the wheat stubble management systems and the causes of stubble burning in the province of Diyarbak?r were investigated. In the result of the study, the use of straw machine mounted on the back of combine was especially preferable in animal husbandry enterprises.

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Baler , Combine , Straw machine , Stubble management

Yuzuncu Yil University Journal Of Agricultural Sciences

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2012