Yield forecasting for olive trees: A new approach in a historical series (Umbria, Central Italy)

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1537-1542

  Fornaciari, Marco ^a   Orlandi, Fabio ^a   Romano, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FRUITS; METEOROLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

POLLEN INDEXES; PRODUCTION AREAS; WIND-POLLINATION; WINTER CHILL;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; FRUITS; PLANTS; TREES;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 28444443391     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2005.0067     Document Type: Article

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