5:
Developments and Outlook for Mechanization of Vegetable, Fruit, and Nut Production

Objective(s):
The history and future progress in mechanization technology for selected fruit and vegetables will be presented.
Efficient mechanical harvest of vegetable, fruit and nut crops is critical to the long term viability of many agricultural industries. Collaboration between horticulturalists, physiologists, breeders, as well as engineers is critical to the successful transition to mechanized systems. Experts will present current information on equipment development, crop management and breeding strategies developed in union to successfully transition to mechanized crop production.
Monday, August 2, 2010: 4:00 PM
Springs A & B
Coordinators:
4:00 PM
History of Mechanized Harvesting of Processing Tomatoes in California
Gene Miyao, UC Cooperative Extension; Bruce R. Hartsough, PhD, U. of California, Davis
5:00 PM
Development of Mechanical Harvesting of California Olives
Louise Ferguson, University of California, Davis; Uriel A. Rosa, Dr., Univ. of California, Davis; Sergio Castro-Garcia, PhD, University of Cordoba; S.M. Lee, Univ of California; J.X. Guinard, Univ of California
5:30 PM
Mechanization Systems for Vineyards
Bernd Maier, New Mexico State University
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