Robotic transplanting of orchid protocorm in mericlone culture

• Published in: Nōgyō Kikai Gakkaishi Vol. 55; no. 5
• Main Authors: Okamoto, T. (Tokyo Univ. (Japan). Faculty of Agriculture), Kitani, O, Torii, T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: 1993
• Subjects: APLICACIONES DEL ORDENADOR; APPLICATION DES ORDINATEURS; AUTOMATAS; AUTOMATE; CULTIVO DE MERISTEMAS; CULTURE DE MERISTEME; MAQUINARIA DE PLANTACION; MATERIEL DE PLANTATION; ORCHIDACEAE; PLANTULAS; PLANTULE; REPIQUAGE; TRASPLANTE

Mericlone culture of orchid plants is in vitro technique where all operations must be done in the sterile environment of the transfer hood. A robot system for transplanting orchid protocorms in seed propagation was studied and developed to reduce labor requirements and prevent contamination in plant...