This work evaluated the energetic demand and distribution efficiency of corn seeds in a no-till seeder when submitted to travel speed and soil condition variation. The study was developed in a soil classified as Ultissoil, at Fazenda Experimental Lageado, Botucatu Country, São Paulo State, Brazil. The experimental design was in a randomized block with eight repetitions, being the treatments a combination of three displacement speeds (4.4; 6.1 and 8.1 km h-1) and two soil conditions (soil carried out under no tillage system during those last five years, soil prepared with chisel plow 18 months before seeding). Parameters of traction force, power, fuel consumption, effective field capacity, longitudinal distribution of plants, variation coefficient, precision index and initial plants stand were appraised. The results showed that increasing the speed of 4.4 to 8.1 km h-1, increases 86% the operational capacity of the group tractor/seeder, increasing 96% the power demand in the traction bar and reduction of 26% in the operational fuel consumption. The fastest speed (8.1 km h-1) provided a smaller percentile of normal spacing and an increasing in the percentile of multiple and fail spacing, larger variation coefficient and worse precision index. The speed variation didn't interfere in the plant stand.
no-tillage; energetic demand; seeds distribution
