Using the relation between growing degree hours and harvest date to estimate run-times for peach: A tree growth and yield simulation model

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 499, Issue , 1999, Pages 107-114

  Ben Mimoun, M ^a   DeJong, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Growing degree hour; Harvest day; Peach simulation model; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750287339     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1999.499.10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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