Yield, shoot and root growth, and physiological responses of mature peach trees to grass competition

HortScience

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1214-1218

  Tworkoski, Thomas J ^a   Glenn, D Michael ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrostis gigantea; Bromus carintus; Dactylis glomerata; Festuca arundinacea; Leaf nitrogen; Leaf water potential; Lolium perenne; Phleum pratense; Pruning; Prunus persica; Root density; Yield efficiency

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GROWTH KINETICS; HERBICIDES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ROOT GROWTH;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROSTIS GIGANTEA; BROMUS; BROMUS CARINATUS; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; FESTUCA; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; LOLIUM PERENNE; PHLEUM PRATENSE; PHLEUMPRATENSE; POACEAE; PRUNUS PERSICA; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 0035704470     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.36.7.1214     Document Type: Article

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