Calculation of budbreak and flowering base temperatures for Vitis vinifera cv. Touriga Francesa in the Douro Region of Portugal

American Journal of Enology and Viticulture

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 74-78

  Oliveira, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Base temperature; Budbreak; Flowering; Phenological stages; Thermal time; Touriga Francesa; Vitis vinifera

Indexed keywords

PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 0031900456     PISSN: 00029254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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