Determining the Energy Usage Efficiency of Different Soil Tillage Methods and No-Till Method in Aftercrop Beans Production

Abstract

This study presented the energy usage efficiency of 3 different soil tillage method and no-till method in aftercrop beans production. As a result, the value of specific energy was found as 1.63 MJ/kg in No-till, 1.80 MJ/kg in Rotary tiller + drilling (ROT), 2.01 MJ/kg in Disc harrow + rotary tiller + roller + drilling (HD+ROT), and 3.36 MJ/kg in Disc harrow + drilling (DT). The energy output/input ratio was obtained as 9.01 in no-till, 8.16 in ROT, 7.32 in HD+ROT and 4.38 in DT. It was found that the highest share in the total input energy in all methods was held by fertilizer energy, while fuel-oil had the second place.