A simple weather driven model to determine harvest date of green beans for freezing using quantitative and qualitative criteria

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 533, Issue , 2000, Pages 489-495

  Ferreira, M E ^a   De E Abreu, J P Melo ^b   Ferreira, A ^c   Andrada, L ^c   Bianco, V V ^d   Monteiro, A A ^b  

^a Estacao Agronomica Nacional   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^c Estaçã Agronómica Nacional DTPA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Modeling; Phaseolus vulgaris L.; Pod characteristics; Pod yield; Simulation

Indexed keywords

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0009654343     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2000.533.61     Document Type: Conference Paper

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