Primocane growth in 'Chester Thornless' blackberry trained to the rotatable cross-arm trellis

HortScience

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 373-376

  Takeda, Fumiomi ^a   Hummell, Ann K ^a   Peterson, Donald L ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary bud; Floricane; Flower; Fruit; Inflorescence; Lateral branch; Rubus

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FRUITS; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SUGAR CANE;

LATERAL BRANCHES;

VEGETATION;

ARUNDINARIA; RUBUS; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0038714325     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.38.3.373     Document Type: Article

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