Development and commercialization of a complete vineyard mechanization system

HortTechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 411-420

  Morris, Justin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced cropping; Crop load; Economics; Fruit thinning; Pruning; Shoot thinning; Wine quality

Indexed keywords

VITACEAE; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 34648840034     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.17.4.411     Document Type: Article

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