Development and evaluation of a portable, handheld mechanical shaker to study fruit detachment in blueberry

HortScience

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 394-397

  Malladi, Anish ^a   Vashisth, Tripti ^a   NeSmith, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscission; Harvest aid; Mechanical harvesting; Plant growth regulator; Vaccinium spp

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM; VACCINIUM DARROWII; VACCINIUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 84875128992     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.48.3.394     Document Type: Article

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