The promotion of soybean and corn strip compound planting mode is one of the important measures to revitalize domestic soybeans and increase oil production capacity, which can effectively alleviate the difficulties of Chinas soybean dependence on foreign countries and high import pressure. Based on the analysis of the promotion and implementation of soybean and corn strip compound planting mode in southwest China, Huanghuaihai and northwest China in 2022, this paper summarizes the current status of mechanized technology and equipment for soybean and corn strip compound planting in each region. It is proposed that the problems faced by the mechanization of soybean and corn strip compound planting mainly include the lack of special tools for herbicide spraying and harvesting, the serious shortage of existing available production equipment, the low quality of mechanical operation, poor applicability, and nonstandard operation of machine operators. In view of the existing technical problems, the phased development suggestions of mechanization technology and equipment for soybean and corn strip compound planting production in China are put forward, and the method of first partial and then all, easy and then difficult is gradually promoted, first solving the problem of mechanization in Huanghuaihai and northwest China, and then conducting research and development for hilly and mountainous areas to realize the whole process of mechanization in most parts of the country, and finally comprehensively using electronic information and sensor technologies such as autonomous navigation assistance driving technology, autonomous avoidance technology and remote sensing telemetry technology to improve the mechanization technology level of machine tools. It provides a reference for promoting the comprehensive mechanization and highquality development of Chinas soybean and corn strip compound planting mode.

In recent years, the growing global demand for Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) has led to a continually increase in planting area under CHM, and the demand for harvesting machines for Rhizome Chinese herbal medicine (RCHM) enlarges. At present, the harvesting methods of RCHM in China are still mainly manual harvesting and small & mediumsized excavator harvesting. The low level of mechanization and low production efficiency have seriously restricted the development of CHM industry. This paper briefly describes the current situation of planting CHM in China, and comprehensively analyzes the application and current situation of harvesting mechanization of RCHM, as well as focus on the research on the key components of excavation mechanical structure, separation mechanical structure and conveying mechanical structure. The main existing problems of RCHM harvester is summarized: the integration of agricultural machinery and agronomy is insufficient, the enthusiasm for developing combine harvesters is not high, lack of systematic research on harvest rate and damage rate, and lack of research on intelligent regulation technology of harvesting operation. This paper expounds lowconsumption and deepexcavation technology, flexible and low loss technology and intelligent control technology are the future development trend of mechanization of RCHM in China. In order to provide reference for the research of RCHM harvesters, so as to promote the further development of harvesting mechanization of RCHM.

In order to solve the problems of high soil moisture content in strawberry planting season in the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River, such as Jiangsu and Anhui, easy slippage of traditional strawberry ridge machines, insufficient ridge height, low efficiency, and single function, a tracked selfpropelled strawberry ridging and fertilizing machine was developed. The machine was powered by the rubber crawler chassis. It adopted furrow setting for soil cultivation, ridge forming device for soil gathering, and the comprehensive ridge raising technology for ridge copying and suppression. It used the layer fertilizing device to complete the layer fertilizing operation of the ridge body. Through theoretical analysis and 3D modeling, the structural parameters of key components such as rotary tillage ditching device, ridge copying suppression device, and layer fertilization device were determined. The static fertilizer discharge performance test and field operation performance test of the machine were carried out. The test results showed that the coefficient of variation of consistent fertilizer discharge of each row was 4.32%, and the coefficient of variation of total fertilizer discharge stability was 3.45%. The average ridge height was 352 mm, the average ridge spacing was 943 mm, and the application alignment accuracy was 11 mm. The surface of the ridge body was smooth, and the furrows were clean, which can realize rotary tillage, ridge raising, and precise stratified fertilization of the ridge body in the opposite position and meet the agronomic requirements of strawberry ridge raising fertilization.

 The variable application technology aims to improve the utilization rate of pesticides, reduce agricultural costs, appropriately reduce the amount of pesticides, reduce pesticide residues, and reduce environmental pollution. It is an important topic in precision agriculture and the development direction of pesticide application technology. This paper summarizes the field information collection method, the variable application control method, and the variable application control algorithm in the key technology of variable application. Firstly, the field information acquisition technology based on geographic information technology and realtime sensor technology is explained. The second analysis includes variable pressure regulation, chemical concentration regulation, and pulse width modulation variable application control methods and analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of each control method. Pulse width modulation has broad application prospects because of its better dynamic response characteristics and flow regulation performance. Finally, the most important variable application control algorithms (fuzzy control algorithm, PID control algorithm, and BP neural network) are summarized and researched. It is understood that the combination and improvement of different algorithms improve the variable application control performance. Aiming at the problems of domestic variable application technology, suggestions are made to provide a certain reference for the development and promotion of variable application technology in my country.

In order to meet the needs of variable spray technology for boom sprayers, a variable spray control and test bench for boom sprayers were designed to realize real-time control and performance testing of existing variable spray devices. The variable spray control and test bench are composed of a control system and a data acquisition system. The control system is based on Siemens S7-200 series PLC, which is composed of a power system, drive system, flow system, and variable control system. The data acquisition system uses data acquisition modules and sensors to obtain pipeline flow, pressure, torque, driving speed and other parameters. Real-time display and storage of the collected parameters can be achieved through LabVIEW software. The flow accuracy test under the speed condition shows that the average flow error is 4.0%, which can be used as a technical reference for judging the performance of the variable spray device. The test shows that the test bench can effectively control the variable spray control components of the boom sprayer in real-time to meet the requirements of the boom sprayer. The performance test requirements of variable spray control components of sprayers provide technical reference for the formulation of technical specifications for variable spray quality evaluation.