Rootstock and training system affect sweet cherry growth, yield, and fruit quality

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 582-586

  Whiting, Matthew D ^a   Lang, Gregory ^a   Ophardt, David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy architecture; Crop value; Fruit size; Prunus avium; Yield efficiency

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; FRUITS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY;

FRUIT YIELD; ROOTSTOCKS; SWEET CHERRY;

CROPS;

FARM CROPS; FORESTRY; PLANTS; PRODUCTIVITY; ROOTS;

PRUNUS AVIUM; PRUNUS CANESCENS; PRUNUS CERASUS;

EID: 19944368761     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.3.582     Document Type: Article

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