Mechanical harvesting of oranges and mandarins in Spain

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-24

  Torregrosa, A ^a   Orti E ^a   Martin B ^b   Gil, J ^c   Ortiz, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRUS FRUITS;

CITRUS HARVESTING; SHAKING FREQUENCY; TRACTION FORCES; TREE DAMAGE; VIBRATION TIME;

HARVESTING;

CITRUS;

EID: 68349100139     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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