Mechanical inter- and intra-row weed control for small-scale vegetable producers

Trajkovski, Ana (avtor), Bartolj, Jan (avtor), Levstek, Tomaž (avtor), Godeša, Tone (avtor), Sečnik, Matej (avtor), Hočevar, Marko (avtor), Majdič, Franc (avtor)

Small-scale vegetable producers often do not have modern mechanical equipment; as a result, a significant amount of inter-row and all intra-row weeding is performed manually. The development of small, affordable machines increases the competitiveness of organic vegetable production, improves sustainable land use, and reduces dependence on unwanted herbicides. In this study, a simple modular lightweight e-hoe with the capability for both inter-row (1st degree of freedom) and intra-row (2nd degree of freedom) weeding was proposed. The e-hoe uses battery-powered in-wheel drives to move the platform (3rd degree of freedom) and additional drives to operate the tools. The e-hoe was evaluated in a small greenhouse using three different tools: a traditional hoe, an adjusted rounded hoe, and an adjusted spring tine narrow hoe. The experiments were conducted at four different tool rotation speeds, using specially designed 3D-printed models for crops and weeds for evaluation. The results indicate that the efficiency of the e-hoe rates up to 95% when the right tool design and rotation speed are combined. Based on the battery capacity, the machine can be operated for approximately 3.7 h, enabling the weeding of about 3050 plants.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: weed control, mechanical weeding, inter-row, intra-row, sustainable agriculture
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FS - Fakulteta za strojništvo
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2024
• Št. strani: Str. 1-14
• Številčenje: Vol. 14, iss. 9, art. 1483
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-161034-6c632173-4935-ea8f-ded2-fc0cc0c29217
• UDK: 632.51:631.31
• ISSN pri članku: 2077-0472
• DOI: 10.3390/agriculture14091483
• COBISS.SI-ID: 206591747
• Datum objave v RUL: 06.09.2024

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Agriculture
• Skrajšan naslov: Agriculture
• Založnik: MDPI
• ISSN: 2077-0472
• COBISS.SI-ID: 523634201

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: zatiranje plevela, mehansko odstranjevanje plevela, medvrstni, znotraj vrstice, trajnostno kmetijstvo