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Mechanical pruning of grapes can reduce costs by up to 80%.
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e0“Mechanical pruning of blackberries, blueberries, grapes and raspberries can reduce costs by up to 80%.”
Title
OUTLOOK FOR MECHANIZATION IN SMALL FRUIT CROPS
Charles Mainland HortScience 1990. doi:10.21273/hortsci.25.9.1178f
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Observation Mechanized harvest for processing markets is commercially accepted for the listed small fruit crops, and less so for strawberries.
- Association Bruising during harvest and sorting often reduces fresh fruit eye appeal and keeping quality.
- Observation High temperature and rain often make machine harvested highbush and rabbiteye blueberry quality unacceptable for fresh markets.
- Observation Highbush blueberries in cool climates and bruise-resistant rabbiteye blueberries most consistently yielded acceptable quality.
- Recommendation Cultivar improvement and equipment that reduces bruising are required to increase mechanization for fresh markets.
- Intervention effect Mechanical pruning of blackberries can reduce costs by up to 80%.
- Intervention effect Mechanical pruning of blueberries can reduce costs by up to 80%.
- Intervention effect Mechanical pruning of raspberries can reduce costs by up to 80%.