Development of a harvest aid for narrow-inclined-trellised tree-fruit canopies

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 803-806

  Peterson, Donald L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apples; Harvest; Labor productivity; Mechanization; Pears

Indexed keywords

BINS; CROPS; FRUITS; HARVESTERS; MATERIALS HANDLING; MECHANIZATION; ORCHARDS; PRODUCTIVITY;

APPLES; AUTOMATED BIN FILLING; HARVEST AID; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; PEARS; PICKERS FREE MOVEMENT; TREE-FRUIT CANOPIES;

HARVESTING;

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 27844438027     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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