The analysis of constructive-technological aspects the function of root crops diggers

Is given the analysis of the design features and technological process of operating of the screw working bodies which is intended for separation of impurities from roots of chicory. Based on the identification of structural models of digging up working bodies is made the classification of root digger by accepted criteria for systematization. The characteristic constructive-technological disadvantages of the main existing types of digging up working bodies are analyzed. The major trends of development of the disk root diggers and directions of improvement of combined systems of digging up roots of chicory with using of spherical disk are proved.Keywords: root crops, digging up working bodies, classification, combined diggers, spherical disk, ripper, cleaning shaft.Наведено аналіз конструктивних особливостей і технологічних процесів функціонування робочих органів, призначених для викопування коренеплодів цикорію. На основі ідентифікації структурних моделей викопувальних робочих органів розроблено класифікацію копачів коренеплодів за прийнятими критеріями систематизації. Проаналізовано характерні конструктивно-технологічні недоліки основних існуючих типів викопувальних робочих органів. Обгрунтовано основні тенденції розвитку дискових копачів і напрямки вдосконалення комбінованих викопувальних систем коренеплодів цикорію з використанням сферичного диска.Ключові слова: коренеплоди, викопувальні робочі органи, класифікація, комбіновані копачі, сферичний диск, розихлювач, очисний вал

Digital soil mapping from conventional field soil observations

We tested the performance of a formalized digital soil mapping (DSM) approach comprising fuzzy k-means (FKM) classification and regression-kriging to produce soil type maps from a fine-scale soil observation network in Risnovce, Slovakia. We examine whether the soil profile descriptions collected merely by field methods fit into the statistical DSM tools and if they provide pedologically meaningful results for an erosion-affected area. Soil texture, colour, carbonates, stoniness and genetic qualifiers were estimated for a total of 111 soil profiles using conventional field methods. The data were digitized along semi-quantitative scales in 10-cm depth intervals to express the relative differences, and afterwards classified by the FKM method into four classes A-D: (i) Luvic Phaeozems (Anthric), (ii) Haplic Phaeozems (Anthric, Calcaric, Pachic), (iii) Calcic Cutanic Luvisols, and (iv) Haplic Regosols (Calcaric). To parameterize regression-kriging, membership values (MVs) to the above A-D class centroids were regressed against PCA-transformed terrain variables using the multiple linear regression method (MLR). MLR yielded significant relationships with R2 ranging from 23% to 47% (P < 0.001) for classes A, B and D, but only marginally significant for Luvisols of class C (R2 = 14%, P < 0.05). Given the results, Luvisols were then mapped by ordinary kriging and the rest by regression-kriging. A 'leave-one-out' cross-validation was calculated for the output maps yielding R2 of 33%, 56%, 22% and 42% for Luvic Phaeozems, Haplic Phaeozems, Luvisols and also Regosols, respectively (all P < 0.001). Additionally, the pixel-mixture visualization technique was used to draw a synthetic digital soil map. We conclude that the DSM model represents a fully formalized alternative to classical soil mapping at very fine scales, even when soil profile descriptions were collected merely by field estimation methods. Additionally to conventional soil maps it allows to address the diffuse character in soil cover, both in taxonomic and geographical interpretations