1. EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF SELECTIVE AUTOMATED PEACH (PRUNUS PERSICA (L.) BATSCH) BLOSSOM THINNING Open Access Author: Lyons, David James Title: EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF SELECTIVE AUTOMATED PEACH (PRUNUS PERSICA (L.) BATSCH) BLOSSOM THINNING Graduate Program: Agricultural and Biological Engineering Keywords: Pomological End-EffectorPeach ThinningSaturn Blossom HeuristicsPeach Thinning Heuristics File: Download Dissertation_Lyons_Final.pdf Committee Members: Paul Heinz Heinemann, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorPaul Heinz Heinemann, Committee Chair/Co-ChairJude Liu, Committee MemberJames Rawlinson Schupp, Special MemberVirendra Puri, Committee Member