Assessment of the V45 blueberry harvester on rabbiteye blueberry and southern highbush blueberry pruned to V-shaped canopy

HortTechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 130-138

  Takeda, Fumiomi ^a   Krewer, Gerard ^b   Andrews, Elvin L ^c   Mullinix Jr , Benjamin ^d   Peterson, Donald L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brusing; Fruit; Mechanical harvest; Quality; Vaccinium

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM; VACCINIUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 37249032729     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.18.1.130     Document Type: Article

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