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

  • F. Jimenez-Jimenez Dept. Ingeniería Rural. Universidad de Córdoba. Campus de Rabanales, Ctra. Nacional IV Km 396, Córdoba
  • S. Castro-Garcia Dept. Ingeniería Rural. Universidad de Córdoba. Campus de Rabanales, Ctra. Nacional IV Km 396, Córdoba
  • G. L. Blanco-Roldan Dept. Ingeniería Rural. Universidad de Córdoba. Campus de Rabanales, Ctra. Nacional IV Km 396, Córdoba
  • E. J. González-Sánchez Dept. Ingeniería Rural. Universidad de Córdoba. Campus de Rabanales, Ctra. Nacional IV Km 396, Córdoba
  • J. A. Gil-Ribes Dept. Ingeniería Rural. Universidad de Córdoba. Campus de Rabanales, Ctra. Nacional IV Km 396, Córdoba
Keywords: bruise damage, mechanical harvesting, image analysis, Olea europaea L., hand harvesting

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.

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Author Biographies

F. Jimenez-Jimenez, Dept. Ingeniería Rural. Universidad de Córdoba. Campus de Rabanales, Ctra. Nacional IV Km 396, Córdoba

PhD student

S. Castro-Garcia, Dept. Ingeniería Rural. Universidad de Córdoba. Campus de Rabanales, Ctra. Nacional IV Km 396, Córdoba

Assistant professor

G. L. Blanco-Roldan, Dept. Ingeniería Rural. Universidad de Córdoba. Campus de Rabanales, Ctra. Nacional IV Km 396, Córdoba

Associate professor

E. J. González-Sánchez, Dept. Ingeniería Rural. Universidad de Córdoba. Campus de Rabanales, Ctra. Nacional IV Km 396, Córdoba

Assistant professor

J. A. Gil-Ribes, Dept. Ingeniería Rural. Universidad de Córdoba. Campus de Rabanales, Ctra. Nacional IV Km 396, Córdoba

Professor

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Published
2013-02-11
How to Cite
Jimenez-Jimenez, F., Castro-Garcia, S., Blanco-Roldan, G. L., González-Sánchez, E. J., & Gil-Ribes, J. A. (2013). Isolation of table olive damage causes and bruise time evolution during fruit detachment with trunk shaker. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 11(1), 65-71. https://doi.org/10.5424/sjar/2013111-3399
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Agricultural engineering