JOURNAL of the JAPANESE SOCIETY of AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY
Online ISSN : 1884-6025
Print ISSN : 0285-2543
ISSN-L : 0285-2543
Development of Gantry Systems for Strawberry Cultivation (Part 1)
Prototype of a Gantry and Its Application to the Disease Control, Harvesting Work
Jun YAMASHITAShoichi YUKISeiichi ARIMAIsao MATSUMOTOTakashi TSURUSAKI
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2002 Volume 64 Issue 2 Pages 122-130

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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.
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