Suitability Of Plum And Prune Cultivars, Grown In A High Density Planting System, For Mechanical Harvesting With A Canopy Contact, Straddle Harvester

The relation of hand-harvesting cost in plum and prune production to the total costs amounts to 25-40%. Mechanical harvesting makes it possible to cut drastically both the harvesting and total costs. To test the suitability of plum and prune species to be mechanically harvested, an experimental grov...

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Main Authors: Mika Augustyn, Buler Zbigniew, Rabcewicz Jacek, Białkowski Paweł, Konopacka Dorota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2015-12-01
Series:Journal of Horticultural Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/johr-2015-0017