Abscission’s Role in More Mechanical Harvesting of Citrus

Ernie Neff September 18, 2012 Citrus, Florida

AgroSource President Taw Richardson discusses the movement from traditional citrus harvesting to mechanical harvesting, and the role an abscission chemical will play in it. AgroSource owns the abscission chemical CMNP, which Florida’s citrus industry hopes will become registered for use in 2013.

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