Determining degree-day thresholds from field observations

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 177-182

  Snyder, Richard L ^a   Spano, Donatella ^b   Cesaraccio, Caria ^b   Duce, Pierpaolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cherry trees; Growing degree days; Kiwifruit; Phenology; Threshold temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008662594     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004840050102     Document Type: Article

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