AI Summary & Key Takeaways
AI InsightAccording to the results, it was determined that harvested fruit amounts in apricot, apple and cherry in an hour, were respectively; 73.33 kg, 516 kg and 30.87 kg, in classic method and 69.83 kg, 430.5 kg and 31.32 kg in fruit harvest platform.
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Abstract
This study was carried out in the experimental orchards of Apricot Research Station between 2010- 2011 years. In the investigation, it has been aimed to determine working performance of a fruit harvest platform, which is designed and whose prototype is made by the Agricultural Machines Department of the Agriculture Faculty at Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, in harvesting of apricot, apple and cherry. In this study, as a control group, by using ladder classic harvest method which is common in the region was used. The experiments were made with Hacıhaliloğlu apricot variety, Dalbastı cherry variety and Granny Smith apple variety. In two harvest methods, were employed two groups of worker consisting of three people which have worked for one hour for each fruit type with three repetitions. At the end of this duration, parameters were defined in terms of the harvested fruit, fallen fruit, fruit remaining on the tree and spent time to change the position for fruit collecting. Furthermore, the pomological features of the harvested fruit were identified. According to the results, it was determined that harvested fruit amounts in apricot, apple and cherry in an hour, were respectively; 73.33 kg, 516 kg and 30.87 kg, in classic method and 69.83 kg, 430.5 kg and 31.32 kg in fruit harvest platform. The loss of Harvest consisting of fallen fruit and fruit remaining on the tree, is found for apricot apple and cherry respectively as 5.73 kg, 8.06 kg and 11.37 kg in classic method and 3.58 kg, 7.39 kg and 5.94 kg in fruit harvest platform. Spent time for changing the position which is one of the factors effecting harvest performance were determined as 1.5 minutes for apricot and cherry, 6 minutes for apple in classic method and respectively 4 minutes, 15 minutes and 4.5 minutes in fruit harvest platform. As a result, it was determined that using of fruit harvest platform does not increase the amount of collected fruit in each three fruits.
Özet
Bu çalışma, Malatya Kayısı Araştırma İstasyonu deneme bahçelerinde, 2010-2011 yıllarında yürütülmüştür. Çalışmada,