Pruning and skirting affect canopy microclimate, yields, and fruit quality of 'Orlando' tangelo

HortScience

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 30-35

  Morales, Paula ^a   Davies, Frederick S ^a   Littell, Ramon C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrus; Relative humidity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CARRIZO; CITRONCIRUS WEBBERI; CITRUS; CITRUS PARADISI; CITRUS RETICULATA; CITRUS SINENSIS; CITRUS SINENSIS X PONCIRUS TRIFOLIATA; CITRUS TANGELO; CITRUS X PARADISI; PONCIRUS TRIFOLIATA;

EID: 0033956442     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.35.1.30     Document Type: Article

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