Evaluation of organic strawberry runner production

HortTechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 787-796

  Walter, Monika ^a   Snelling, Cath ^a   Boyd Wilson, Kirsty S H ^a   Williams, Graeme ^b   Langford, Geoff I ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b Rolleston Prison ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bare root transplant; Fragaria; Plug plant; Strawberry production; Strawberry propagation; Tray plant

Indexed keywords

ELAGATIS; FRAGARIA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 25844469086     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.15.4.0787     Document Type: Article

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