RESEARCH PAPER
Predicting the seeding quality of radish seeds with the use of a family of Nakagami distribution functions
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Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Głęboka 28, 20-612 Lublin, Poland
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Department of Horticulture and Forestry Machinery, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Głęboka 28, 20-612 Lublin, Poland
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Department of Agronomy, Modern Technologies and Informatics, Łomża State University of Applied Sciences, Studencka 19, 18-402 Łomża, Poland
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Faculty of Technical Sciences and Design Arts, National Academy of Applied Sciences in Przemyśl, Książąt Lubomirskich 6, 37-700 Przemyśl, Poland
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Department of Production Engineering, Logistics and Applied Computer Science, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Balicka 116 B, 30-149 Kraków, Poland
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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, 010 26 Žilina, Slovak Republic
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Department of Heavy Duty Machines and Research Methodology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 11, 10-957 Olsztyn, Poland
Final revision date: 2023-10-21
Acceptance date: 2023-11-08
Publication date: 2023-12-22
Corresponding author
Janusz Zarajczyk
Department of Horticulture and Forestry Machinery, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
Department of Horticulture and Forestry Machinery, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
Int. Agrophys. 2024, 38(1): 21-29
HIGHLIGHTS
- Creation of a mathematical model for the purpose of measuring analysis and evaluating the uniformity of seed sowing based on the Nakagami family of distributions
- The mathematical approach to assessing the sowing quality, taking into account the adjustment of the Nakagami distribution
- A new way of evaluating sowing quality to predict the distance between seeds in rows
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ABSTRACT
The study evaluated the seeding quality of radish seeds cv. Saxa Polana (percentage of single seeds, double seeds and missed seeds (skips) sown with a Max Pneumatic S 156 seed drill fitted with a pneumatic seed dosing unit set at different forward speeds of a metering unit and different sowing disc speeds. The seeding quality was analysed using Nakagami distribution functions, a chi-squared goodness of fit test, linear regression functions, and the ISO 7256/1, 1984 (E) Standard. The diagrams predicting the effect of the different speeds on the percentage of singles, doubles and skips were highly consistent with the results of the seeding quality analysis based on the ISO 7256/1, 1984 (E) Standard. The authors relied on Nakagami distribution functions to develop a new method for predicting the in-row distance between seeds within the analysed range of speeds, including those which were not empirically tested speeds. The proposed method can be used to predict seeding quality at different speeds when only the selected settings of the dosing unit are taken into account in the analysis. This approach significantly shortens the research time and also decreases the relevant costs.
FUNDING
This research received no external funding.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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