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Advances in mechanical weed control technologies

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Mechanical weed control can be grouped into three categories: full-width cultivators, inter-row cultivators and intra-row cultivators. This chapter will highlight the most recent and relevant advances within each category. The focus will be on novel inventions and developments of mechanical devices,...

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Main Author: Melander, Bo (auth)
Other Authors: McCollough, Margaret R. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing 2021
Series:Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Subjects:
Pest control
Sustainable agriculture
Agronomy & crop production
Inter-row cultivation
full-width cultivation
intra-row cultivation
vision technology
GNSS technology
annual weeds
perennial weeds
automatic intra-row weeding
automatic steering
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Summary:Mechanical weed control can be grouped into three categories: full-width cultivators, inter-row cultivators and intra-row cultivators. This chapter will highlight the most recent and relevant advances within each category. The focus will be on novel inventions and developments of mechanical devices, designs, and the weed problems they are meant to solve. Moreover, automation technologies that assist weeding operations are becoming increasingly important and will be given special attention.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (28 p.)
ISBN:AS.2021.0098.11
9781801462464
Access:Open Access

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