Rootstock effects on growth and fruiting of a spur-type and a standard strain of 'Delicious' over eighteen years

Fruit Varieties Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-125

  Barden, John A ^b   Marini, Richard P ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLE; FRUITING; PLANT GROWTH; ROOTSTOCK; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0033454009     PISSN: 00913642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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