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Large-scale crop growing under glass has major transport, spraying and harvesting requirements and, where spraying in an enclosed space is harmful to a human spray operator, robots are the answer

Plant nurseries are in a production sector which includes sales of ornamental and horticultural plants as well as trees and shrubs. The leading global producer is China. In Europe, the commercial facilities and organiztion in the Netherlands put the country at the top in the globalized market. The regions most active in this sector in Italy are Liguria, Tuscany, Emilia Romagna and Puglia. The sector is of great economic and occupational importance and requires substantial investments and a skilled labor force