Design and development of an automatic vegetable transplanter using a novel rotating finger device with push-type mechanism for plug seedlings
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DOI: 10.1080/19315260.2020.1848962
Abstract: ABSTRACT Manual vegetable transplanting is a time-consuming, labor-intensive, operation. The objective of the study was to design, develop, and evaluate an automatic vegetable transplanter (AVT) for plug seedlings of chili (Capsicum annuum L.). Metering mechanisms… read more here.
Keywords: plug; plug seedlings; vegetable transplanter; novel rotating ... See more keywords
Modeling the Mechanical Properties of Root–Substrate Interaction with a Transplanter Using Artificial Neural Networks
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DOI: 10.3390/agriculture14050651
Abstract: The mechanical properties of a plug seedling substrate determine whether it will crush during the transplantation, thereby affecting the integrity of the root system and the survival rate of transplanted seedlings. In this study, we… read more here.
Keywords: mechanical properties; plug seedlings; properties plug; properties root ... See more keywords
Design and tests of a planetary non-circular gear train transplanting mechanism for flower plug seedlings
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DOI: 10.5194/ms-16-303-2025
Abstract: Abstract. To address the problems relating to the low efficiency and high labor intensity of the manual operations required for transplanting potted flower plug seedlings in China, along with the lack of suitable transplanting machinery,… read more here.
Keywords: plug seedlings; flower plug; mechanism; design ... See more keywords