Effects of pruning and cluster thinning on yield and fruit composition of 'chambourcin' grapevines

HortTechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 233-240

  Kurtural, S Kaan ^a   Dami, Imed E ^a,b   Taylor, Bradley H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced cropping; Crop level; French American hybrid; Total soluble solids

Indexed keywords

VITIS SP.; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 33645546932     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.16.2.0233     Document Type: Article

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