Occupational safety and health in traditional date palm works

Hayati, Abdollah; Marzban, Afshin; Rahnama, Mohammad

doi:10.1007/s00420-021-01664-4

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“…Hand pollination is expensive, time-consuming and inefficient but has a high fruit setting rate [11,13]. To pollinate fruit trees, humans are required to climb fruit trees to pollinate them, which undoubtedly increases the risk to their lives and lengthens the pollination time [14,15]. Mechanical pollination has undoubtedly gradually replaced hand pollination in recent years.…”

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Influence of Different Liquid Spray Pollination Parameters on Pollen Activity of Fruit Trees—Pear Liquid Spray Pollination as an Example

Liu

Han

et al. 2023

Horticulturae

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Liquid spray pollination (LSP) is widely used in fruit tree pollination. However, the LSP parameters that affect the pollen activity are still unclear. In this study, three LSP parameters that mainly affect the pollen activity were studied: storage time of pollen suspensions, sprayer parameters and unmanned aerial vehicle sprayer (UAVS) downwash airflow. In addition, sprayer parameters include the recirculation device, pump type, spraying pressure, nozzle size and revolutions per minute (rpm) of the rotary atomizer (RA). The results showed that, with the exception of nozzle size and UAVS downwash airflow, the pollen activity was significantly influenced by LSP parameters. The mean pollen activity decreased by 20.20% when the pollen suspension was stored for 30 min compared to 0 min. The activity of pollen in the tank was dramatically reduced using the recirculation device. The mean pollen activity decreases as the pump production maximum pressure increases. The mean pollen activity decreased from 40.7% to 29.02% when the spraying pressure increased from 0.3 MPa to 2.5 MPa. Additionally, the mean pollen activity decreased from 44.25% to 14.14% as the rpm of RA increased from 3000 rpm to 14,000 rpm. Our study demonstrated that pollen activity would be ensured by appropriate LSP parameters. This study provides a reliable theoretical basis for optimizing and advancing pear LSP technology.

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Influence of Different Liquid Spray Pollination Parameters on Pollen Activity of Fruit Trees—Pear Liquid Spray Pollination as an Example

Liu

Han

et al. 2023

Horticulturae

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“…Numerous factors, such as ergonomic risk factors including poor workstation design, prolonged static sitting and manual material handling, etc. are well-known risk factors contributing to WMSDs (Bernardes et al 2021 ; Hayati et al 2021 ; Lawson et al 2021 ; Ziaei et al 2021 ).…”

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confidence: 99%