The bases of productivity in apple production systems: The role of light interception by different shoot types

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 886-893

  Wünsche, Jens N ^a,c   Lakso, Alan N ^b   Robinson, Terence L ^b   Lenz, Fritz ^a   Denning, Steven S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^c THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

cropping efficiency; fisheye photography; laser scanning; leaf area; light use; Malus domestica; yield

Indexed keywords

FUSINUS AMPHIURGUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0030442631     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.121.5.886     Document Type: Article

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