A working model of apple thinning

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 463, Issue , 1998, Pages 475-480

  Jones, K M ^a   Bound, S A ^a   Gillard, P ^b   Oakford, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c Grove Research Station   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computerized system; Modifiers; Multifactorial; Predictable; Prime factors; Recommendations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342640193     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1998.463.59     Document Type: Article

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