Automated lettuce thinners reduce labor requirements and increase speed of thinning
Salinas Valley lettuce growers are adopting automated lettuce thinners to improve labor efficiency. We conducted field studies in 2014 and 2015 to compare the time involved in automated and manual thinning of direct-seeded lettuce and any differences in lettuce quality and yield. We recorded the num...
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| Language: | English |
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
2017-05-01
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| Series: | California Agriculture |
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| Online Access: | http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.2017a0018 |