Early pruning effects on 'Florida-47' and 'Sungard' tomato

HortTechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 467-470

  Santos, Bielinski M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop management; Cultural practices; Growing practices; Lycopersicon esculentum; Shoot removal; Solanum lycopersicum

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 45749135755     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.18.3.467     Document Type: Article

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