Statistical Model Estimates Potential Yields in 'Golden Delicious' and 'Royal Gala' Apples before Bloom

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-25

  Jiménez, Carlos Miranda ^a   Royo Díaz, J Bernardo ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Average fruit weight; Flower density; Fruit set; Malus xdomestica; Trunk cross sectional area; Yield efficiency

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS DOMESTICA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0347531674     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.129.1.0020     Document Type: Article

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