This project is a multi-year team effort, extending from 2006 through 2010, embracing five major objectives. The links below provide progress updates and  annual reports regarding each of these objectives.

	1. Develop abscission compounds to facilitate mechanical harvesting Jackie Burns
	2. Prepare the tree canopy for better fruit removal  William Krueger and Louise Ferguson
	3. Evaluate quality of mechanically harvested olive fruit  Diane Barrett and Jean-Xavier Guinard
	4. Prevent olive fruit damage with pre- and post-harvest chemical treatments  Kitren Glozer
	5. Improve the picking head of the olive harvester Uriel Rosa, Dave Smith and Sergio Castro