Automation of Grafted Seedlings Production and a Prospective View of a Year-round Plant Production System

One means by which certain agricultural problems can be solved is plant factory engineering. A major problem in agriculture is unstable production due to various social and climatic factors. A plant factory that economically and stably supplies safe plants of high quality can potentially solve this...

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Veröffentlicht in:Shokubutsu Kankyo Kogaku 2011/09/01, Vol.23(3), pp.87-92
1. Verfasser: NISHIURA, Yoshifumi
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:One means by which certain agricultural problems can be solved is plant factory engineering. A major problem in agriculture is unstable production due to various social and climatic factors. A plant factory that economically and stably supplies safe plants of high quality can potentially solve this problem. The object of production is a plant, and the characteristics of such a plant have to be clearly understood. Depending on the intended purpose, adequate measurement of the state of a plant and the control of its growth are primary considerations for producing plants in factories. Here, I describe an example of the mechanization and the systematization required for grafted seedling production. The best graft shape and the operation technique were decided for the graft-joining mechanism, and on the basis of these, a simplified low-cost operation technique was sought. The proposed technique and the future perspectives of plant factories, including profitability, are discussed.
ISSN:1880-2028
1880-3563
DOI:10.2525/shita.23.87