Effect of fruit location on apple detachment with mechanical shaking

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 157, Issue , 2017, Pages 63-71

  He, Long ^a   Fu, Han ^a,b   Karkee, Manoj ^a   Zhang, Qin ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fresh market apple; Fruit detachment; Fruit location; Mechanical harvest; Shake and catch

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; COMMERCE; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DYNAMIC TEST SYSTEMS; FRESH MARKET APPLE; GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONS; HARVESTING METHODS; MECHANICAL HARVEST; MECHANICAL SHAKING; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SHAKE AND CATCH;

FRUITS;

EID: 85014880154     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2017.02.009     Document Type: Article

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