Determining optimum maturity of bush Romano beans for machine harvest

HortTechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 448-451

  Mullins, Charles A ^a   Straw, R Allen ^a  

^a The University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Growing degree days; Heat units; Phaseolus vulgaris; Pod quality; Sieve size; Vegetable production

Indexed keywords

PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0033047443     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.9.3.448     Document Type: Article

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