Measuring Productivity of Citrus Hand Harvesters and Assessing Implications on Harvest Costs and Mechanical Harvesting Developments

Existing mechanical harvesters recover 70 to 95 percent of the available fruit crop. While changes can be made to increase fruit recovery percentages, mechanical systems will never equal the fruit recovery percentages from hand-harvesting crews, much less capture 100 percent of the available fruit....

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Main Authors: Fritz M. Roka, Barbara R. Hyman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries 2013-05-01
Series:EDIS
Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/120929
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