Fresh-Market Quality Tree Fruit Harvester Part II: Apples

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 545-548

  Peterson, Donald L ^a   Wolford, Scott D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apple; Mechanical harvest; Quality; Trellis

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL HARVESTERS; TRELLISES;

ACTUATORS; CONVEYORS; CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; FRUITS; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; SCAFFOLDS;

HARVESTING;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; MILETINAE; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0346119957     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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