It is possible to remove weed in rows of sugar beets by using computer controlled propane flames. The flames will only hit the weed plants and not touch the crop plants.This approch is touchless and has the advantage that weed seeds will not be triggered to start growing as is the case with mechanical weeding machines
Testing af propane flames
Videos:
Principle in thermal weed control
Testing Thermal ROBOVATOR in sugar beets.
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Thermal weed control video of sugar beets.
The test was done at NBR in Denmark