picking manipulator and the dynamic simulation analysis of the movement process in each finger unit,simulation results show that a pneumatic flexible strawberry picking manipulator can effectively complete the envelope of the strawberry.The rationality of the design is verified,which lays the foundation ...
Several weeks ago, I got up early on Saturday morning, collected my friend Shay (she’s my regular fruit-picking buddy) and drove half an hour out into the New Jersey countryside. We spent the rest of the morning in the field of Gaventa’s strawberry farm, crouching over the rows of ...
Before the Chandler, most California strawberry farmers grew Douglas berries, considered very sweet but very soft. About 25 years ago, many farmers liked the taste of Sequoias, said grower Mike Conroy, but the fruit did not last long after picking. “You couldn’t ship it as far as Albuque...
'Shanghai Angel' is a new strawberry(Fragaria × ananassa Duch.)cultivar and it was selected from the progeny of a cross between 'Benihoppe' and 'Akihime' . 'Shanghai Angel' plants are vigous,large,and half-opening. The fruit shape is long roundish conical and long narrow cuneate with...
where FW (fresh weight) of the leaves was measured immediately after picking and DW (dry weight) was measured after drying the leaves in an oven at 70 °C for 24 h or until constant weight was achieved; the leaf weight at full turgor was TW, measured after floating the leaves for 4 ...