Improving electrostatic pollination inside tree canopy via simulations and field tests

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 839-843

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

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Electrostatic; Flowers distribution; Fruit set; Germination; Pollination; Pollinator; Tree; Uniform deposition

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; FORESTRY; FRUITS;

TREE CANOPY;

AGRICULTURE;

POLLINATION;

APIS MELLIFERA; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 0141567437     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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