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Chapter 13 Fruit, Nut, and Vegetable Harvesting

Published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan www.asabe.org

Citation:   (doi:10.13031/2013.41475) in Fruit, Nut, and Vegetable Harvesting Chapter 13 Engineering Principles of Agricultural Machines, 2nd ed., pp. 437-490 St. Joseph, Michigan: ASABE. . Copyright 2006 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Mich.
Authors:   Ajit K. Srivastava, Carroll E. Goering, Roger P. Rohrbach, Dennis R. Buckmaster
Keywords:   Section headings: Fruit, nut, and vegetable harvesting , Natural constraints , Economic constraints , Functional processes , Removal , Control , Selection , Transportation , Methods and equipment , Root crops , Surface crops , Bush and trellis crops , Tree crops , Theoretical considerations , Aerodynamic concepts , Fundamentals of bush and tree shakers ,V ibrational detachment during harvest , Impact models and mechanical damage , Performance factors , Damage , Efficiency , Reliability , Problems

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