Spatial variability of kiwifruit quality in orchards and its implications for sampling and mapping

HortScience

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 246-250

  Taylor, James A ^a   Praat, John Paul ^b   Bollen, A Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Actinidia deliciosa; Average variograms; Sampling scheme

Indexed keywords

INTERPOLATION; ORCHARDS; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; AVERAGE VARIOGRAMS; FRUIT QUALITY; SAMPLING SCHEMES;

FRUITS;

FRUITS; ORCHARDS; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA VAR. DELICIOSA;

EID: 34047231888     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.42.2.246     Document Type: Article

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