Rootstock effects on growth and quality of 'Gala' apples

HortScience

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1231-1233

  Al Hinai, Yahya K ^a   Roper, Teryl R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop load; Flesh firmness; Light interception; SSC; TCA; Yield efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH;

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; FRUIT VOLUME; FRUIT WEIGHT; ROOTSTOCK EFFECTS;

FRUITS;

AGRICULTURE; FARM CROPS; FRUITS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; ROOTS; TREES;

MALUS; MALUS DOMESTICA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 5444248572     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.39.6.1231     Document Type: Article

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