Analysis of fruit and oil quantity and quality distribution in high-density olive trees in order to improve the mechanical harvesting process

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1-8

  Castillo Ruiz, Francisco J ^a   Jiménez Jiménez, Francisco ^a   Blanco Roldán, Gregorio L ^a   Sola Guirado, Rafael R ^a   Agüera Vega, Juan ^a   Castro Garcia, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canopy shaker; Olea europaea L; Straddle harvester; Tree training; Trunk shaker

Indexed keywords

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 84930064512     PISSN: 1695971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5424/sjar/2015132-6513     Document Type: Article

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