Spray variable effects on abscission of orange fruit for mechanical harvesting

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1067-1073

  Koo, Y M ^a   Salyani, M ^a   Whitney, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscission; Citrus; CMN Pyrazole; Deposition; Mechanical harvest; Spray volume

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FRUITS; HARVESTERS; HARVESTING; SPRAYING;

ABSCISSION CHEMICALS; FRUIT DETACHMENT FORCE; GROUND SPEED; SPRAY VOLUME;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS;

EID: 0034280428     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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