Traits of importance for machine harvest of raspberries

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 585, Issue , 2002, Pages 607-610

  Hall, H K ^a   Stephens, M J ^a   Alspach, P ^a   Stanley, C J ^a   Kempler, C ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fruit morphology; Machine harvest; Raspberry; Traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870478164     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.585.98     Document Type: Conference Paper

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