Citrus Mechanical Harvesting Field Day - April 2006

Remaining Profitable in the Face of Canker and Greening -
Prospects for Mechanical Harvesting!

Date: April 6, 2006

Brochure (PDF; 143kb)

Agenda

Economic thresholds for success of mechanical harvesting in citrus, (98KB; .ppt)
Fritz Roka, UF-SWFREC

Making mass harvesters more productive with abscission, (1.2MB; .ppt)
Jackie Burns, UF-CREC

Travel to two field sites:

• Field Site #1, Trunk Shakers and Abscission Demonstration

• Field Site #2, Continuous Canopy Harvesters

Developing new harvesting technology, a manufacturer’s perspective, (7mb; .ppt)
Gary Stich, OXBO Corp.

Harvester enhancements: improved sanitation and yield monitoring, (3.1MB; .zip)
Reza Ehsani, UF-CREC

Future mechanical improvements and robotic fresh fruit harvesting, (1.6MB; .ppt)
Tom Burks, UF-Gainesville

Effect of mechanical harvesting on tree health and yield, (9mb; .ppt)
Jim Syvertson, UF-CREC

The shape of nursery trees in the future to improve mechanical harvesting efficiency, (1.1MB; .ppt)
Bob Rouse, UF-SWFREC

Observations of tree damage after Hurricane Wilma from both hand and mechanically harvested groves,
 (1.2MB; .ppt)
Kelly Morgan, Mongi Zekri, Fritz Roka, and Bob Rouse,  UF-SWFREC