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Table 1<br />
Crop<br />
Cultivator<br />
type<br />
Weeds remaining<br />
after cultivation<br />
Time to<br />
hand weed<br />
Marketable yield<br />
Tomato b<br />
Tomato<br />
Lettuce c<br />
Lettuce<br />
Intelligent<br />
Standard<br />
Intelligent<br />
Standard<br />
No./ft 2<br />
1.0 a<br />
10.5 b<br />
1.7 a<br />
5.0 b<br />
Hrs./A<br />
7.8 a<br />
14.9 b<br />
16.0 a<br />
29.1 b<br />
Lbs./A<br />
44,045 a<br />
50,217 a<br />
40,830 a<br />
33,887 a<br />
No. lettuce<br />
heads/ A<br />
--<br />
--<br />
15,851 a<br />
14,945 a<br />
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reduction in weeds remaining after cultivation<br />
(see Table 1).<br />
Handweeding in the tomato trials<br />
required 7.8 hours/A following the IC<br />
while the standard cultivator required<br />
14.9 hours/A which is a 48% reduction<br />
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