4 RE SULT S AND DI SCU SSION ............... ..............3


 4.1 Binarization............... ..............3

 4.2 Preprocessing .................. ............ ...............40. ....
 4.3 Execution time for the Algorithm ......__....._.__._ ......._._. ..........4
 4.4 Encoder Calibration ........._._............._ __ ...............49....
 4.5 Prediction of Number of Fruits/Plot .....__.....___ .........._ ...........5
 4.6 Yield Prediction Model ........._._.......... ... .__. ... ...............55.

 4.7 Yield Variability based on Rootstock Variety............... ...............63


5 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ......__....._.__._ ......._._. ............6


 5.1 Summary and Conclusions .............. ...............64....
 5.2 Future Work............... ...............65..


LIST OF REFERENCES ........._.__....... .__. ...............67...


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH .............. ...............70....