Establishment and early growth and yield of 'Gulfcoast' southern highbush blueberry

HortScience

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1138-1140

  Spiers, James M ^a  

^a USDA Small Fruit Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Mulching; Small fruits; Vaccinium hybrid

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 0032412740     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.33.7.1138     Document Type: Conference Paper

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