Root dynamics of apple rootstocks in a replanted orchard

HortScience

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1149-1155

  Yao, Shengrui ^a   Merwin, Ian A ^a   Brown, Michael G ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Apple replant disease; Horoscope; Malus domestica; Methyl bromide; Minirhizotron; Root demography; Root disease biocontrol; Root turnover; Soil fumigation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; GENES; ORCHARDS;

APPLE REPLANT DISEASES; HOROSCOPE; MALUS ×DOMESTICA; METHYL BROMIDE; MINIRHIZOTRON; ROOT DEMOGRAPHY; ROOT DISEASE BIOCONTROL; ROOT TURNOVER; SOIL FUMIGATION;

FRUITS;

FRUITS; GENES; METEOROLOGY; ORCHARDS; TREES;

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 33748635622     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.41.5.1149     Document Type: Article

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