Such fasteners reduce the surface pressure under the nut surface, reducing the amount of preload lost to embedding. Due to the larger-diameter bearing faces, a higher tightening torque is required ...

Bearing Habit Image Gallery Each fruit and nut crop species has a distinct bearing habit and growth form. Flower buds are formed laterally on woody tissue, terminally at shoot tips, or on spurs. The ...

Out of all the fruit and nut crops commonly grown in California, the tendency for alternate bearing is most pronounced in pistachio. The mechanism for alternate bearing is pistachio was investigated ...