Electrostatic pollen applicator development and tests for almond, kiwi, date, and pistachio - An overview

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-124

  Gan Mor, Samuel ^a   Bechar, Avital ^a   Ronen, Beni ^a   Eisikowitch, Dan ^b   Vaknin, Yiftach ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Almond; Applicator; Date; Electrostatic; Kiwi; Pistachio; Pollen; Yield

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; FRUITS; SEED;

AGRICULTURAL CROPS;

AGRICULTURE;

ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS; PISTACIA VERA; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 0038040893     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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