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Development of an automatic planter for presprouted seed

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A description is given of a one-man semi-automatic two-row potato planter for pre-sprouted seed potatoes, developed in the Institute of Agricultural Engineering at Wageningen, Netherlands.

Comparisons of first results with those from automatic potato planters — with regard to output and sprout damage — are highly promising.

The machine was taken into production in 1974, and for the 1975 season fifty machines were manufactured.

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  1. Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Wageningen, Netherlands

    E. N. C. Meijer & J. Frederiks

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  1. E. N. C. Meijer
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Meijer, E.N.C., Frederiks, J. Development of an automatic planter for presprouted seed. Potato Res 18, 451–454 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02361908

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