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Multi‐environment trials and participatory validation identify soybean genotypes with mechanized harvest‐enabling traits in Ghana

Agrosystems, Geosciences &Environment, Volume 9, Issue 3, September 2026.
Abstract Soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) harvesting in Ghana is predominantly manual, and labor shortages frequently delay harvest beyond physiological maturity, exacerbating shattering losses. Mechanization could mitigate these losses, but effective combine harvesting requires cultivars with elevated first pod height (FPH) to minimize header losses ...
Charles Nelimor, Francisca Addae‐Frimpomaah, Francis Kusi, Duut Matey, Ophelia Asirifi Amoako, Flora Christine Amagloh, Prince Maxwell Etwire, Peter Asungre, Abush Tesfaye Abebe, Maryke Labuschagne, Isaac Kodzo Amegbor   +10 more
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Design and Experiment of Intelligent Mechanical Weeding System Based on DEM–MBD Coupling

Agriculture
Weed control is crucial for safeguarding the yield and quality of fresh maize. To achieve comprehensive, low-damage removal of weeds in fresh maize fields, an intelligent mechanical weeding system was developed. Based on the spatial distribution of maize
Deng Sun, Haitao Chen, Longzhe Quan
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Evaluation of mechanical and combined chemical with mechanical weeding in maize (Zea mays L.), soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr. and winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Plant, Soil and Environment
Joint field experiments were established in Southwestern Germany to investigate the potential of herbicide savings on-farm sites with high densities of problematic weed species.
Roland Gerhards, Kerstin Hüsgen, Klaus Gehring   +2 more
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Design and Experiment of Autonomous Shield-Cutting End-Effector for Dual-Zone Maize Field Weeding

Agriculture
This study presented an autonomous shield-cutting end-effector for maize surrounding weeding (SEMSW), addressing the challenges of the low weed removal rate (WRR) and high seedling damage rate (SDR) in northern China’s 3–5 leaf stage maize.
Yunxiang Li, Yinsong Qu, Yuan Fang, Jie Yang, Yanfeng Lu   +4 more
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Physical weed control: a review in Belgian conditions. Part 2: Technical description of implements, effectiveness and selectivity

Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement
Introduction. Among alternatives to chemical weeding, a diverse range of physical solutions exists or is being developed and evolves rapidly through the integration of new technologies. Literature.
Fabienne Rabier, Bruno Huyghebaert, Stanislaw Parafiniuk, Quentin Limbourg   +3 more
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DESIGN AND TEST OF A CLAMPING-SHEAR INTRA-ROW WEEDING DEVICE

INMATEH Agricultural Engineering
Aiming at the complexity and insufficient adaptability of current weeding devices for ridge tillage, this paper presents the design of a clamping-shear weeding device that mimics the hand-grabbing motion. Through the force analysis of the weed root system, the optimal shovel surface inclination angle is determined to be 10°~40°.
Jiacheng ZHOU, Min FU, Jianhao CHEN, Ji CUI   +3 more
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Guidelines for physical weed control research: flame weeding, weed harrowing and intra-row cultivation

, 2004
A prerequisite for good research is the use of appropriate methodology. In order to aggregate sound research methodology, this paper presents some tentative guidelines for physical weed control research in general, and flame weeding, weed harrowing and intra-row cultivation in particular.
VANHALA P., KURSTJENS D., ASCARD J., BERTRAM A., CLOUTIER D., MEAD A., RAFFAELLI, MICHELE, RASMUSSEN J.   +7 more
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A robotic weeding-hilling system for ridge-cultivated tobacco: Preserving industrial leaf quality through integrated root zone management

Industrial Crops and Products
The economic value of industrial tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) depends on both leaf structural integrity and chemical consistency. Consequently, minimizing mechanical injury during cultivation is critical for maintaining premium industrial grades ...
Xiuli Zhang, Lin Zhou, Yangyang Kong, Peilin Zhou, Yong Chen, Zhenwei Tong, Xiaochan Liu   +6 more
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Robotic intra-row weed hoeing in maize and sugar beet

Julius-Kühn-Archiv, 2016
A prototype of robotic intra-row weed hoeing in maize and sugar beet is presented in this study. Weeds in the crop rows were identified using a bi-spectral image analysis system and shape analysis. Positions of weeds in the images were recorded. Selective weed control in the row was performed with a modified finger weeder driven by electrical motors ...
Gerhards, Roland, Sökefeld, Markus, Peteinatos, Gerassimos, Nabout A, Adnan, Maler, Johann, Risser, Peter   +5 more
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Embedded vision system for intra-row weeding

, 2006
Weed control is nowadays a hi-tech discipline. Inter-row weed control is very sophisticated whereas the intra-row weed control lacks a lot. The aim of this pro ject is to implement an embedded system of an autonomous vision based intra-row weeding robot.
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