UNIFORM PLANTING OF SPROUTED TUBERS SEMI-AUTOMATIC POTATO PLANTER

Structure of potato tubers formed during spaceflight.

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Norland) explants, consisting of a leaf, axillary bud, and small stem segment, were used as a model system to study the influence of spaceflight on the formation of sessile tubers from axillary buds. The explants were flown on the space shuttle Columbia (STS-73, 20 October to 5 November 1995) in the ASTROCULTURE (TM) flight package, which provided a controlled e...

Uniformity index for potato tubers from tps progenies

Uniform User Interface for Semi - automatic Parking Slot Markings Recognition

Automatic parking systems consist of three core technologies: target position designation, path planning, and path tracking. Target position designation methods can be divided into four categories: user interface-based, parking slot marking-based, free space-based, and infrastructure-based. Considering the fact that parking assist systems are expected to be used mainly in urban situations, reco...

Measurement of the water potential of stored potato tubers.

A method of measuring the water potential of stored potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum L.) was needed to investigate the relationship of bacterial soft rot in tubers to water potential. Pressure chamber measurements, while useful for tubers with functional stolons, cannot be made on stored tubers. Measurements could be made on excised tissue pieces in a hygrometer chamber and with hygrometers imp...

Development and Performance Evaluation of a Gladiolus Planter in Field for Planting Corms

Abstract—Gladiolus is an important cash crop and is grown mainly for its elegant spikes. Traditionally the gladiolus corms are planted manually which is very tedious, time consuming and labor intensive operation. So far, there is no planter available for planting of gladiolus corms. With a view to mechanize the planting operation of this horticultural crop, a prototype of 4-row gladiolus plante...