Feasibility Study of Applying Mechanized Cultivation Mode to Tomato Product in Chinese Solar Greenhouse of Shanxi Province

To investigate feasibility of applying mechanized cultivation mode to tomato product in Chinese solar greenhouses of Shanxi Province, a mechanized cultivation mode was developed to replace labor-intensive manual tasks involved in traditional product method．Under mechanized cultivation mode, mechanization level of solar greenhouses was increased from 38.5% to 73.3%．Labor consumption was saved by 113.10 working-day/hm²．The change in net present value was calculated as 29281 yuan/hm²．These findings demonstrated that it was feasible to apply mechanized cultivation mode to tomato product in solar greenhouses of Shanxi Province．Moreover, this mode could offer a potential solution to challenges arising from increased labor shortage and costs in future．