Published 1994
“…In order to accomplish the in-field stripping process, attempts were made: 1)
to identify effective treatments which may accelerate the loosening process of
fruitlets such that it can be stripped easily without deteriorating the oil quality, 2)
to establish design parameters for cutting the spikelets from the treated bunch
by means of a knife blade or a circular
saw, 3) to develop an experimental drum
thresher and to study the effects of various design constrains on the threshing
performance. …”
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