List price   € 68     This title is available both in print and ActaHort CD-rom format Conveners   J.P. Syvertsen, B. Hyman  Editor   J.P. Syvertsen  Publication date   6 November 2012  ISBN   978-90-66056-35-0  ISSN   0567-7572  Number of articles   32  Volumes   1  Place   Lake Alfred, FL, USA  Online articles: PREPARING SPAIN AND CALIFORNIA TABLE OLIVE INDUSTRIES FOR MECHANICAL HARVESTING (S. Castro-García, G.L. Blanco Roldán, F. Jiménez-Jiménez, J.A. Gil-Ribes, L. Ferguson, K. Glozer, W.H. Krueger, E.J. Fichtner, J.K. Burns, J.A. Miles, U.A. Rosa) EVALUATING CALIFORNIA PISTACHIO TRUNK SHAKING HARVESTERS (L. Ferguson, K. Glozer, H. Reyes, U.A. Rosa, S. Castro-Garcia, J.A. Miles, J. Roach, C. Wheaton, Huiling Hu, D. Moin) MECHANICAL HARVESTING OF CITRUS FRUITS FOR FRESH MARKET WITH A TRUNK SHAKER AND A HAND-HELD PETROL SHAKER (A. Torregrosa, C. Ortiz, B. Martin, R. Moreno, E. Moltó, P. Chueca) WINTER DROUGHT STRESS CAN DELAY FLOWERING AND AVOID IMMATURE FRUIT LOSS DURING LATE-SEASON MECHANICAL HARVESTING OF 'VALENCIA' ORANGES (J.C. Melgar, L.G. Albrigo, J.P. Syvertsen) THE FRUIT DETACHMENT FORCE/FRUIT WEIGHT RATIO CAN BE USED TO PREDICT THE HARVESTING YIELD AND THE EFFICIENCY OF TRUNK SHAKERS ON MECHANICALLY HARVESTED OLIVES (D. Farinelli, S. Tombesi, F. Famiani, A. Tombesi) POSSIBILITIES FOR CITRUS MECHANICAL HARVESTING IN SPAIN (F.J. Arenas, A. Hervalejo, C. Merino, A. Salguero) EFFECTS OF SHORT-TERM DROUGHT STRESS AND MECHANICAL HARVESTING ON SWEET ORANGE TREE HEALTH, WATER UPTAKE AND YIELD (S. Barkataky, K.T. Morgan, R.C. Ebel, F.M. Roka) IMPROVING CANOPY CONTACT OLIVE HARVESTER EFFICIENCY WITH MECHANICAL PRUNING (L. Ferguson, K. Glozer, C. Crisosto, U.A. Rosa, S. Castro-Garcia, E.J. Fichtner, J.X. Guinard, S.M. Lee, W.H. Krueger, J.A. Miles, J.K. Burns) SUCCESSFUL ABSCISSION AGENT DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION IN FLORIDA ORANGES (M.C. Trimmer) FIELD RESEARCH WITH THE ABSCISSION AGENT CMNP AS AN AID TO MECHANICAL HARVESTING OF SWEET ORANGE (R.C. Ebel, F.M. Roka, K.T. Morgan) RESPONSE TO CMNP IS UNDER HORMONAL CONTROL AND INVOLVES PHOSPHOLIPID SIGNALING (F. Alferez, J.K. Burns) USE OF AN ABSCISSION AGENT FOR HARVESTING MANDARINS IN SPAIN (R. Moreno, P. Chueca, C. Garcerá, D. Intrigliolo, E. Moltó, A. Torregrosa) ORCHARDS OF THE FUTURE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MECHANICAL HARVESTING (W.L. Barber) MECHANICAL BLOSSOM THINNING IN SOUTH CAROLINA PEACH ORCHARDS (G.L. Reighard, W.G. Henderson) HIGH DENSITY PLANTATION SYSTEM OF THE SPANISH CITRUS INDUSTRY (M. Bordas, J. Torrents, F.J. Arenas, A. Hervalejo) A TOTAL SYSTEMS APPROACH TO DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE, STEM-FREE SWEET CHERRY PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING SYSTEM (M. Whiting, A. Dhingra, N. Oraguzie, C. Seavert, F. Pierce, Qin Zhang, Lynn Long, E. Almenar, J. Grant, J. Harte, C. Ross, T. Arnold) USING BERRY IMPACT RECORDING DEVICE FOR BRUISING ASSESSMENT IN SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY ( Changying Li, Pengcheng Yu, G. Krewer, F. Takeda) HARVESTING AND IN-FIELD SORTING OF CITRUS WITH A SELF-PROPELLED MACHINE (A. Gutiérrez, J. Blasco, P. Chueca, C. Garcerá, S. Alegre, S. López, S. Cubero, E. Moltó) EFFICIENT SAMPLING TO DETERMINE THE DISTRIBUTION OF FRUIT QUALITY AND YIELD IN A COMMERCIAL APPLE ORCHARD (M. Martinez, D. Wulfsohn, I. Zamora) HARVEST DEBRIS AND COST IMPLICATIONS FOR MECHANICAL HARVESTING (F.M. Roka, R.J. Ehsani, T. Spann) MECHANICAL HARVESTING OF FRUIT - PAST ACHIEVEMENTS, CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS (Y. Sarig) A REVIEW OF BERRY HARVEST MACHINE DEVELOPMENT IN SWEDEN (S. Olander) KEEPING THE DEBRIS OUT OF MECHANICALLY HARVESTED LOADS (A.L. Valentine, R.J. Ehsani, W.S. Lee) THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF CITRUS MECHANICAL HARVESTING (J.D. Whitney, B.R. Hyman, F.M. Roka) NEW APPROACHES IN CHERRY AND CHESTNUT HARVEST SYSTEMS (D.E. Guyer, M.E. De Kleine, R.L. Perry) COMPARING THE EFFICIENCY OF FUTURE HARVEST TECHNOLOGIES FOR SWEET CHERRY (Y.G. Ampatzidis, Qin Zhang, M. Whiting) ROBOTIC MASS REMOVAL OF CITRUS FRUIT (C. Aloisio, R. Kumar Mishra, Chu-Yin Chang, J. English) MACHINE VISION BASED CITRUS MASS ESTIMATION DURING POST HARVESTING USING SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS (J.S. Shin, W.S. Lee, R.J. Ehsani) DEVELOPMENT OF A SMALL ELECTRIC WORK PLATFORM WITH HIGH MOBILITY FOR APPLE PRODUCTION IN JAPAN (T. Ota, Y. Yamada, M. Onishi, M. Miyazaki, R. Hata, Y. Masunaga, N. Fukuda, J. Araya) A HISTORICAL TIMELINE OF RESEARCH EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT MECHANIZED PEAR HARVEST IN CALIFORNIA (R.B. Elkins) IMMIGRATION REFORM AND CITRUS HARVEST MECHANIZATION IN A WORLD OF UNCERTAINTY (N. Iwai, R.D. Emerson, F.M. Roka) MECHANICAL HARVESTING OF SWEET ORANGES FOR JUICE PROCESSING (F.M. Roka, B.R. Hyman)