Evaluation of five apple training systems in the okanagan valley of British Columbia

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 451, Issue , 1997, Pages 495-504

  Quamme, H A ^a   Brownlee, R T ^a   Kappel, F ^a   Geldart, G ^b   Sanders, M ^b   Arndt, H ^b   Watson, T ^b   Waterman, P ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b Ministry of Agriculture Province of British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apple yield; High density orchards; Pruning; Rootstocks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000397174     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1997.451.57     Document Type: Conference Paper

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