Comparison of different combines quantitative losses in rice harvesting with different humidity

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In Golestan province, rice harvesting coincides with the seasonal rains and mainly in the form of two-stage with conventional grain harvesting combine (J.D.955). Rice specialized combine harvest directly at higher moisture levels and puddling lands. Amount of losses wasestimayeddifferent combine.This experiment was carried out based on split plot design with 3 replications, with different grain moisture as main factor (59.20, 17.06 and 15.11 percent on a dry basis) and different combine as sub factor(955, ICR20 and MEHR282) with 3 replications. The results showed that loss grain moisture levels were varied from 0.66 to 2.35 percent with significant difference and the lowest was occurred at 17.06 percent water level. Among combines, losses were varied from 1.42 to 2.28 percent with significant difference and the lowest was occurred for 955 combine.

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