Rationalization of apple transport from orchard | Racionalizacija transporta jabuka iz voćnjaka
2011
Urošević, M., Poljoprivredni fakultet, Beograd - Zemun (Serbia) | Živković, M., Poljoprivredni fakultet, Beograd - Zemun (Serbia) | Manojlović, R., 13. jul – Plantaže, Podgorica (Montenegro). AD Podgorica
In intensive fruit production, especially in fruit farms, high yields are achieved. Large number of fruits makes organization of picking and further manipulation very challenging. Transport issue in fruit production was always attendant, but in extensive technologies was solved by engaging larger number of labor. Because of the specific production, transport in this section represents complex and combining problem depending on a large number of factors. From previous reasons the objective of this study was to investigate four different ways of apple fruits manipulation from betweenrow distance. Experiment was done in 6-year-old apple orchard, with planting distance 5 x 3 m, with modified spindle bush training system. Results from this study made possible to define the method that demanded the least labor for the nearest time period. Time consumption of apple transport from orchard was recorded over number of cycles and fruit quality. The pallets-system during apple harvest time represented positive trend in decreasing of time necessary for transport up to three times. This fact refers to the necessity of more often pallet-system transport applying.
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