An illustrated step-by-step guide to measuring Fruit Removal Force (FRF) using a hand-held gauge, a software package for your windows computer, and an interface system. The guide, a PowerPoint presentation, is available here: Using The Pull Force Gauge Glozer (pdf)
- With this tool you can track: your fruit's readiness for harvest and tendency to drop; the efficacy of abscission compounds on fruit removal and of loosening agents for mechanically harvested crops; the effect of plant growth regulators on fruit quality.
Components of Fruit Removal Force system - This FRF Guide includes:
- Introduction: how the system works
- Description of each component of the system, including vendors & pricing
- Set up & use: the Imada digital gauge, including attachments for various fruits, data entry hardware (a simple interface between gauge & computer), including software installation & configuation, preparation of samples
- Cooperators: Taltech, Inc. Imada, Inc. Itin Scale Co.