Orange removal with trunk shakers and abscission chemicals

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 367-371

  Whitney, J D ^a   Hartmond, U ^a   Kender, W J ^a   Burns, J K ^a   Salyani, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRUNK SHAKE-CATCH SYSTEMS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; FRUITS; HARVESTING;

HARVESTERS;

MILETINAE;

EID: 0034217155     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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