Physiological and technological barriers to increasing production efficiency and economic sustainability of peach production systems in California

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 772, Issue , 2008, Pages 415-422

  DeJong, T M ^a   Day, K R ^a   Johnson, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor costs; Mechanization; Pruning; Prunus persica; Rootstock; Tree shape

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 58149141395     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2008.772.72     Document Type: Conference Paper

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