Development of a Plum (Japanese Apricot) Seed Crusher to Control Harmful Larvae (Eurytoma maslovskii) in Plum Orchard

The Eurytoma maslovskii conduces the unexpected plum dropping. It stayed overwinter inside the pits of the dropped plums and able to oviposit on plum surface when the diameter of the plums are over 16 mm prior to endocarp hardening. To control this harmful pests is too much essential to plum orchard...

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Published inJournal of Agriculture & Life Science Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 153 - 162
Main Authors Ali, Mohammod, Kim, Bok Seok, Park, Seong-Jin, Kim, Hyuck-Joo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 경상국립대학교 농업생명과학연구원 30.04.2019
농업생명과학연구원
Subjects
자연과학일반
Dropped plum
Eurytoma maslovskii
Japanese apricotpick-up
Plum seed crusher
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ISSN1598-5504
2383-8272
DOI10.14397/jals.2019.53.2.153

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  • ABSTRACT Introduction Materials and Methods 1 Design and descriptions of plum seed crusher (PSC) 2 Plum collector 3 Plum crusher 4 Working principle and operational control of plum seed crusher (PSC) 5 Selection test for effective crushing teeth 6 Performance test of PSC in laboratory and field condition Results and discussion 1 Evaluation of crusher teeth for effective plum seed breakage 2 Performance test results of PSC in laboratory 3 Field test results of PSC in plum farm References