Crop load management in concord grapes using different pruning techniques

American Journal of Enology and Viticulture

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-50

  Keller, Markus ^a   Mills, Lynn J ^a   Wample, Robert L ^b   Spayd, Sara E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color; Fruit composition; Grape berry; Pruning; Vitis labruscana; Yield components

Indexed keywords

VITACEAE; VITIS LABRUSCA; VITIS LABRUSCA X VITIS VINIFERA; VITIS SP.;

EID: 1842762871     PISSN: 00029254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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