Mechanical harvester for fresh market quality blueberries

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 823-827

  Peterson, D L ^a,b   Brown, G K ^a,c  

^a ASAE ^*

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Florida Department of Citrus   (United States)

Author keywords

Blueberries; Fresh market; Mechanical harvester

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029800135     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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