Differential effects of shade on early-season fruit and shoot growth rates in 'Empire' apple

HortScience

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 823-825

  Bepete, M ^a   Lakso, A N ^a  

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

Author keywords

Competition; Cropping; Light; Malus xdomestica; Partitioning

Indexed keywords

MALUS DOMESTICA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MALUS XDOMESTICA;

EID: 0031928572     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.33.5.823     Document Type: Article

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