Hernandez, Diego, Maclean, Allyson et Dumond, Patrick.
2025.
« Mechanical pollination of strawberry plants ».
In Proceedings of the CSME-CFDSC-CSR 2025 International Congress (Montreal, QC, Canada, May 25-28, 2025)
Coll. « Progress in Canadian Mechanical Engineering », vol. 8.
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The purpose of this study is to investigate and evaluate multiple mechanical pollination technologies to replace insect pollination for use in indoor farming of strawberries. Four strawberry planters containing ten strawberry plants each with automated watering and lighting systems were used for testing. Data on flower appearance, flower duration, berry growth, berry appearance and berry weight were collected over the course of the five-month study. The data was used to analyze pollination effectiveness, showcased as the efficacy of the pollination process. Two hand-pollinated plants grown in the same conditions as the testing plants were used as a control group to compare the mechanical pollination solutions to the other most common non-insect pollination method. Using the collected data, the different pollination methods were compared. Vibration of plant stock and eddy inducing air circulation were found to be the most effective methods of pollination but were not found to be as cost effective as bee pollination, even for indoor use. Other factors may take precedence in deciding to use mechanical pollination strategies.
| Type de document: | Compte rendu de conférence |
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| Éditeurs: | Éditeurs ORCID Hof, Lucas A. NON SPÉCIFIÉ Di Labbio, Giuseppe NON SPÉCIFIÉ Tahan, Antoine NON SPÉCIFIÉ Sanjosé, Marlène NON SPÉCIFIÉ Lalonde, Sébastien NON SPÉCIFIÉ Demarquette, Nicole R. NON SPÉCIFIÉ |
| Date de dépôt: | 18 déc. 2025 15:11 |
| Dernière modification: | 18 déc. 2025 15:11 |
| URI: | https://espace2.etsmtl.ca/id/eprint/32412 |
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