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research article

Inducing abscission of olive fruits by spraying with ascorbic acid and iodoacetic acid

authors

Hudson T. Hartmann, University of California
Mostafa Fadl, University of California
John Whisler, University of California

publication information

California Agriculture 21(7):5-7. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v021n07p5. July 1967.

author affiliations

Hudson T. Hartmann is Professor of Pomology, University of California, Davis; Mostafa Fadl, University of California, Davis; John Whisler is Laboratory Technician II, University of California, Davis;

abstract

Abstract Not Available – First paragraph follows:

Mechanical harvesting of olive fruits with commercially available tree shakers has not been completely satisfactory because the energy output of such shakers is usually insufficient to readily remove a high percentage of fruit. Specially constructed shakers with a high-energy output have been shown to be able to detach the fruit, however.


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