Techniques for increasing machine harvest efficiency in highbush blueberry

HortTechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 430-436

  Takeda, Fumiomi ^a   Krewer, Gerard ^b,e   Li, Changying ^c   MacLean, Daniel ^b,f   Olmstead, James W ^d  

^a APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c University of Georgia   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Krewer Consulting   (United States)

^f Agrofresh   (United States)

Author keywords

Bruise; Catch plate; Crown restriction; Ground loss; Impact damage; Rabbiteye; Sparkleberry; Vaccinium

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ARBOREUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM; VACCINIUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 84883417801     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.23.4.430     Document Type: Article

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