HARVEST-ASSISTMORE ADVANCEMENTS MADE IN BERRY PROJECT

摘要

ANEW semi-mechanical harvest aid system has been developed by a national team of experts as part of a project to improve the efficiency of harvesting fresh market highbush blueberries.The new system is part of a project funded by the USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI), and was developed as a way for producers to efficiently harvest fruit with quality good enough for fresh-market pack-out. This year, the project team integrated the harvest aid system into an Oxbo harvester, showing that there is potential for improvement in mechanical harvesting technology.