Evaluation of fruit damage caused by mechanical harvesting of table olives

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1267-1272

  Gambella, F ^a   Dimauro, C ^a   Paschino, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Labor saving machines; Olive damage; Tool materials

Indexed keywords

COATING MATERIAL; COATING THICKNESS; HARVESTING MACHINES; OLIVE DAMAGE; ROTATIONAL SPEED; TABLE OLIVES; TOOL MATERIALS; VULCANIZED RUBBER;

HARVESTERS; RUBBER; SILICONE COATINGS; SILICONES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

FRUITS;

COATING; DAMAGE; EVERGREEN TREE; FRUIT; HARVESTING; MACHINERY; POLYMER; RUBBER;

EID: 84885453233     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13031/trans.56.9553     Document Type: Article

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