Sweet cherry fruit distribution and leaf populations: Modeling canopy dynamics and management strategies

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 636, Issue , 2004, Pages 591-599

  Lang, G A ^a   Olmstead, J W ^a   Whiting, M D ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced pruning; Leaf to fruit ratio; Prunus avium; Rootstocks; Source sink relationships; Spur extinction

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049203345     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.636.74     Document Type: Conference Paper

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