Abstract
In order to save labor in strawberry cultivation, two types of gantries, for a single-span greenhouse and a wide-span greenhouse, a fungicide sprayer and workbenches for picking operation were manufactured and tested. Furthermore, a simple hand truck to transfer the gantry to a neighboring ridge in the multi-span greenhouse was made. From the results of spraying experiments, it was observed that the gantries could accomplish effective spraying with less fungicide consumption and the necessary time was reduced to 58% compared with manual spraying. In addition, physical burden for picking operation was decreased by using the workbench.