Sultana fruitfulness and yield as influenced by season, rootstock and trellis type

Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-26

  Sommer, Karl J ^a   Islam, Muhammad T ^a   Clingeleffer, Peter R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fruitfulness; Grape yield; Ramsey rootstock; Sultana; Trellising systems; Vitis vinifera

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035592311     PISSN: 13227130     EISSN: 17550238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0238.2001.tb00189.x     Document Type: Article

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