The conveyor belt model for fruit bearing vegetables: Application to sweet pepper yield oscillations

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 718, Issue , 2006, Pages 43-50

  Schepers, Hans ^a   Kromdijk, Wanne ^a   Van Kooten, Olaf ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bifurcation analysis; Capsicum annuum; Crop growth model; Fruit abortion; Yield oscillations

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM;

EID: 37849188001     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2006.718.3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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