Development of a canopy volume reduction technique for easy assessment and harvesting of valencia citrus fruits

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1695-1703

  Lee, Brian Siu Him ^a   Rosa, Uriel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated harvesting; Canopy volume reduction; Citrus; Fruit; Harvester; Orange; Robotic

Indexed keywords

CANOPY VOLUME REDUCTION; REMOVAL RATES;

HARVESTERS; HARVESTING; MACHINE DESIGN; ROBOTICS;

FRUITS;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; DESIGN METHOD; FRUIT; HARVESTING; MACHINERY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; ROBOTICS;

CITRUS FRUITS; FOREST CANOPY; HARVESTERS; HARVESTING; MACHINE DESIGN; ROBOTS;

CALIFORNIA; DAVIS; DINUBA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS;

EID: 33947148691     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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