Manipulating the postharvest period and its impact on vine productivity of Semillon grapevines

American Journal of Enology and Viticulture

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 148-157

  Holzapfel, Bruno P ^a   Smith, Jason P ^a   Mandel, Roger M ^a   Keller, Markus ^a,b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop load; Crop removal; Leaf removal; Postharvest; Vigor; Vine balance; Vitis vinifera; Yield components

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745669139     PISSN: 00029254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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