An experiment to study the effect of inter and intra row spacing on the yielding performance of periwinkle species was conducted at Nagarjun Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research Scheme, P. K. V., Akola (M. S.) during 1980 - 81 to 82 - 83. Three species viz., Catharanthus roseus, Catharanthus alba and Catharanthus oscillatus did not differ significantly in respect of dried foliage and root yie...

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 labor- time-intensive has adverse effects on soil environment. The aim this study was experimentally investigate influence robotic systems properties assess effectiveness these different methods This examines two systems: ...

The feasibility of automated individual crop plant care in vegetable crop fields has increased, resulting in improved efficiency and economic benefits. A systems-based approach is a key feature in the engineering design of mechanization that incorporates precision sensing techniques. The objective of this study was to design new sensing capabilities to measure crop plant spacing under different...

Weed infestations and associated yield losses require effective weed control measures in soybean and sugar beet. Besides chemical weed control, mechanical weeding plays an important role in integrated weed management systems. Field experiments were conducted at three locations for soybean in 2013 and 2014 and at four locations for sugar beet in 2014 to investigate if automatic steering technolo...

The field experiments were conducted during the wet season of 2015 and 2016 (June to October) at Agricultural Farm, Institute Agriculture, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, India study impact integrated use weed mulch herbicide with closer spacing on growth yield direct seeded dry sown rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivar MTU 1010. experiment consisted twelve treatments involving sole or application pre-em...

This paper presents a system for autonomously delivering a quantum of fluid to individual plants in a vegetable crop field, using a fine spray nozzle attached to a manipulator arm on a mobile robot. This can reduce input cost and environmental impact while increasing productivity for applications such as micro-nutrient provision, thinning and weeding. The Ladybird platform is introduced and a p...