Performance of 'Valencia' sweet orange trees on 12 rootstocks at two locations and an economic interpretation as a basis for rootstock selection

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 523-533

  Castle, William S ^a   Baldwin, James C ^a   Muraro, Ronald P ^a   Littell, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrizo citrange; Citrus sinensis; Discounted cash flow; Internal rate of return; Sweet orange cuttings; Swingle citrumelo; Volkamer lemon

Indexed keywords

CITRONCIRUS WEBBERI; CITRUS; CITRUS AURANTIUM; CITRUS JAMBHIRI; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS RESHNI; CITRUS SINENSIS; CITRUS SINENSIS X PONCIRUS TRIFOLIATA; CITRUS VOLKAMERIANA; CLEOPATRA MANDARIN; PONCIRUS TRIFOLIATA; SWINGLE CITRUMELO;

EID: 77950942550     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.4.523     Document Type: Article

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