Vol. 84, No. 5 (Published on 1st, September. 2022)

CONTENTS

ESSAY

K. IMOU 269

SPECIAL EDITION

Initiatives to Promote Data Integration and Improvement of the Environment for Agricultural Machinery and Facilities

Editor：M. YASUHARA

　S. SHIBUSAWA：Agricultural Data Management in Open Science…272

　T. NODA：Survey of the Preceding Practices in Foreign Countries and Different Industries…276

　K. HAYASHI, T. NODA, Y. USUI：Establishment of Standard Specifications for Data Communication APIs for Agricultural Machinery and Connection Verification of the APIs based on Standard Specifications…280

　J. AOKI：Template for API Terms of Use and API Connection Checklist…288

TECHNO-TOPICS

K. MINAGAWA, E. SEKI, T. KONYA：Interactive Farm Safety Education Tools that Lead to Specific Improvements to Ensure Safety at Farm Work Sites…290

PAPERS (Articles)

RESEARCH PAPERS

S. TSUBOTA, K. NAMBA, T. FUKATSU：Biosensing Method of Growth Diagnosis in Forcing Culture of Strawberry
　　─Study on Airflow Conditions required to Expose Growth Points─…321 　abstracts

A. FUJIMOTO, T. SATOW, K. FUNABIKI：Development of a Boom Height Measurement Device with Position-Sensitive Detectors…332 　abstracts

TECHNICAL PAPERS

Y. KOBAYASHI, D. Q. THUYET, T. Q. A. PHAM, T. HAJI, T. KAWAIDE：Performance of a Working System Consisting of Garlic Trimmer and Sorter…339 　abstracts

M. IIDA, Z. SUN, S. KONISHI, M. SUGURI, R. MASUDA：Positioning Accuracy by the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System in Mountainous Fields…347 　abstracts

S. OKADA, EI SEKI, H. SHITO, M. MATSUMOTO：Development of a Device for Preventing Entanglement Accidents in Head-feeding Combine Harvesters (Part 1)
　　─Investigation of Discrimination Method and Prototype Components─…353 　abstracts