USING A GRAPE HARVESTER IN SUPER-INTENSIVE OLIVE CULTIVATION

Submitted: 26 June 2012
Accepted: 26 June 2012
Published: 31 March 2008
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This paper reports the first results of experimental mechanical harvesting tests in a super-intensive olive cultivation. In this type of olive cultivation, trees were grown with a central axis mode and a tree distance of 4,00x1,50 m. A “Braud†grape harvesting machine for espalier vineyards was used in an experimental olive grove in Cassano delle Murge. On the basis of harvesting tests it was possible to verify that the harvesting machine is able to detach the almost all the product with an operative work capacity of 0,5 ha/h. An evaluation of harvesting cost was carried out to determine the minimum convenience growing surface, and also to estimate the increase in income per hectare which could be achieved using mechanised harvesting as opposed to manual harvesting. Moreover, in order to determine the economic limits of using the grape harvester, its performance was compared with that of other harvesting machines used in both super-intensive and traditional plantations.

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Bellomo, F. and D’ Antonio, P. (2008) “USING A GRAPE HARVESTER IN SUPER-INTENSIVE OLIVE CULTIVATION”, Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 39(1), pp. 33–39. doi: 10.4081/jae.2008.1.33.