Organic apple systems: Constraints and opportunities for producers in local and global markets: Introduction to the colloquium

HortScience

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-11

  Delate, Kathleen ^a   McKern, Andrea ^a   Turnbull, Robert ^a   Walker, James T S ^b   Volz, Richard ^b   White, Allan ^b   Bus, Vincent ^b   Rogers, Dave ^b   Cole, Lyn ^b   How, Natalie ^b   Guernsey, Sarah ^b   Johnston, Jason ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Codling moth; Fruit quality; Nutrient uptake; Scab resistant cultivars

Indexed keywords

CROPS; GROWTH RATE; MARKETING; NUTRIENTS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; VIRUSES;

CODLING MOTH; FRUIT QUALITY; GLOBAL MARKETS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC PRODUCT SALES; SCAB-RESISTANT CULTIVARS;

FRUITS;

CYDIA POMONELLA; GRANULOVIRUS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALUS SYLVESTRIS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; VENTURIA INAEQUALIS;

EID: 38049130324     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.43.1.6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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