Cluster thinning effects on three deficit-irrigated Vitis vinifera cultivars

American Journal of Enology and Viticulture

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-103

  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; Crop load; Fruit composition; Grape berry; Yield components

Indexed keywords

ARIDA; VITIS SP.; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 22044457426     PISSN: 00029254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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