Spring freeze damage to the 1996 peach and nectarine crop in the southeastern United States

HortTechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 381-386

  Okie, W R ^a   Reighard, G L ^b   Newall Jr , W C ^b   Graham, C J ^c   Werner, D J ^d   Powell, A A ^e   Krewer, G ^f   Beckman, T G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c North Louisiana Experiment Station   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Frost; Prunus persica

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA; PRUNUS PERSICA NUCIPERSICA;

EID: 0031811241     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.8.3.381     Document Type: Article

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