Mechanical Thinning of Mandarins with a Branch Shaker

Thinning is the process of removing some flowers or fruit to increase fruit size at harvest. In the Valencia region of Spain, the thinning operation for citrus fruit (Citreae) is performed for some mandarin varieties. This is always performed manually; however, this method is very expensive. The goa...

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Main Authors: Coral Ortiz, Antonio Torregrosa, Enrique Ortí, Sebastià Balasch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) 2020-11-01
Series:HortTechnology
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Online Access:https://journals.ashs.org/horttech/view/journals/horttech/30/6/article-p745.xml