Mechanical cane pruning and crop adjustment decreases labor costs and maintains fruit quality in New York 'concord' grape production

HortTechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 247-253

  Bates, Terry ^a   Morris, Justin ^b  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Juice; Thinning

Indexed keywords

VITACEAE; VITIS LABRUSCA; VITIS LABRUSCA X VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 68049124931     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.19.2.247     Document Type: Article

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