The HYTEC (HYBRID tree cone) orchard system for apples

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 513, Issue , 1998, Pages 303-309

  Barritt, B H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apple; Canopy shape; Light distribution; Malus domestica; Pruning; Rootstocks; Sunburn; Tree density; Tree training system; Yield efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149137220     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1998.513.36     Document Type: Conference Paper

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