Determining heat unit requirements for broccoli harvest in Coastal South Carolina

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-174

  Dufault, Robert J ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea var Italica; cole; crucifer; Cruciferae; degree days; heat unit summation; phenology

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 0030939917     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.122.2.169     Document Type: Article

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