Sidona Buragiene

Dr. Sidona Buragiene

Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Kauno Miestas, Lithuania
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Academic Career Length

13Years (2014-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 April 2019 in Science of The Total Environment
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SBSidona Buragiene
Sidona Buragiene
EŠEgidijus Šarauskis
Egidijus Šarauskis
Kestutis RomaneckasKestutis Romaneckas
Kestutis Romaneckas
AAAida Adamavičienė
Aida Adamavičienė
ZKZita Kriauciuniene
Zita Kriauciuniene
Vilma NaujokienėVilma Naujokienė
Vilma Naujokienė

1 May 2014 in Energy
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EŠEgidijus Šarauskis
Egidijus Šarauskis
SBSidona Buragiene
Sidona Buragiene
LMLaura Masilionytė
Laura Masilionytė
KRKęstutis Romaneckas
Kęstutis Romaneckas
DADovile Avižienytė
Dovile Avižienytė
ASAntanas Sakalauskas
Antanas Sakalauskas

1 May 2015 in Science of The Total Environment
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SBSidona Buragiene
Sidona Buragiene
EŠEgidijus Šarauskis
Egidijus Šarauskis
KRKestutis Romaneckas
Kestutis Romaneckas
JSJurgita Sasnauskienė
Jurgita Sasnauskienė
LMLaura Masilionyte
Laura Masilionyte
ZKZita Kriauciuniene
Zita Kriauciuniene

1 June 2018 in Science of The Total Environment
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Vilma NaujokienėVilma Naujokienė
Vilma Naujokienė
EŠEgidijus Šarauskis
Egidijus Šarauskis
Kristina LekavičienėKristina Lekavičienė
Kristina Lekavičienė
AAAida Adamavičienė
Aida Adamavičienė
SBSidona Buragiene
Sidona Buragiene
ZKZita Kriauciuniene
Zita Kriauciuniene

1 April 2019 in Energy
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EŠEgidijus Šarauskis
Egidijus Šarauskis
LMLaura Masilionytė
Laura Masilionytė
DJDarius Juknevičius
Darius Juknevičius
SBSidona Buragiene
Sidona Buragiene
ZKZita Kriaučiūnienė
Zita Kriaučiūnienė

24 June 2022 in Agronomy
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Indre BrucieneIndre Bruciene
Indre Bruciene
SBSidona Buragiene
Sidona Buragiene
EŠEgidijus Šarauskis
Egidijus Šarauskis
Weed control is one of the most important technological operations to ensure crop yield and quality in ecological sugar beet production. However, conventional mechanical weed control is labor- and time-intensive and has adverse effects on the soil and the environment. The aim of this study was to experimentally investigate the influence of conventional mechanical and robotic weed control systems on soil properties and to assess the effectiveness of these different weed control methods in ecological sugar beet production. This study examines two different weed control systems: robotic weed control (RWC) and conventional weed control (CWC). Field experimental studies were carried out with a solar-powered field robot and conventional inter-row cultivation (CWC1—first cultivation, CWC2—second cultivation) to determine the effectiveness of mechanical weed control in ecological sugar beet crops. The influence of different weed control systems on the physical properties of the soil in the contact zone between the soil and the tires of weed control machines was investigated. The results showed that the average weed control effectiveness inter-row was higher in the RWC (81%) compared to that in the CWC2 (46%). The overall weed control effectiveness of the robotic weed control in the sugar beet inter-row and intra-row was around 49%. The measurements showed that the weed control process reduced the soil moisture and temperature in all treatments tested. Experimental studies have confirmed that the weed control operation, although carried out with relatively lightweight robots, also has an impact on soil bulk density. RWC weed control resulted in an average increase of 0.16 g cm–3 in soil bulk density in the topsoil layer (0–10 cm) after weeding. Both CWC1 and RWC increased soil penetration resistance (PR). For CWC1, the average increase in topsoil PR after weed control was 20%, while for RWC, the increase was marginal, only around 1%. Automated precision weed control by self-propelled solar-powered field robots is an important solution to reduce the need for tedious and time-consuming manual weeding.