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Isolation of table olive damage causes and bruise time evolution during fruit detachment with trunk shaker.

Francisco Jiménez-Jiménez,Sergio Castro-García,G. Blanco-Roldán,E. González-Sánchez,J. Gil-Ribes

Published 2013 in Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

ABSTRACT

The high sensitivity of table olives to mechanical damage limits mechanical harvesting with trunk shakers. The objective of this study was the identification, evaluation and temporal evolution assessment of the sources of damage caused to the fruits. To do this, digital image analysis was used for the objective determination of damage produced to table olives. Harvesting tests were performed in an intensive olive orchard with trees of the ‘Manzanilla’ variety in Seville, Spain. Mechanical harvesting with trunk shakers and subsequent detachment of the fruits to the ground produced a level of interference 12 times greater than the levels obtained from manual harvesting. Fruit-fruit and fruit-branch impacts and friction from the movement of the fruit in the tree canopy during vibration and detachment were the main causes of damage to the fruits. These causes represented a mean value of 60% of the damage produced to the fruits from mechanical harvesting. In addition, most bruising from mechanical damage occurred in the first hour after harvesting and followed an exponential tendency. The information obtained about table olive damage causes and bruise time evolution during fruit detachment with trunk shaker can be used by the producers to determine how to reduce and prevent bruising during harvesting operations.

PUBLICATION RECORD

  • Publication year

    2013

  • Venue

    Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

  • Publication date

    2013-02-11

  • Fields of study

    Agricultural and Food Sciences, Environmental Science

  • Identifiers
    DOI 10.5424/SJAR/2013111-3399
  • External record

    Open on Semantic Scholar

  • Source metadata

    Semantic Scholar

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