Rowcovers improve winter survival and production of western trailing 'Siskiyou' blackberry in the eastern United States

HortTechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 575-582

  Takeda, Fumiomi ^a   Demchak, Kathy ^b   Warmund, Michele R ^c   Handley, David T ^d   Grube, Rebecca ^e   Feldhake, Charles ^f  

^a APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^f APPALACHIAN FARMING SYSTEMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Floricane; Fruit; Humidity; Primocane; Protected cultivation; Rubus; Temperature; Trellis; Vapor pressure deficit; Water content; Yield

Indexed keywords

RUBUS;

EID: 52449123715     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.18.4.575     Document Type: Article

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