String blossom thinner designed for variable tree forms increases crop load management efficiency in trials in four united states peach-growing regions

HortTechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 409-414

  Auxt Baugher, T ^a   Schupp, J ^a   Ellis, K ^a   Remcheck, J ^a   Winzeler, E ^a   Duncan, R ^b   Johnson, S ^b   Lewis, K ^c   Reighard, G ^d   Henderson, G ^d   Norton, M ^b   Dhaddey, A ^e   Heinemann, P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e California Canning Peach Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor; Mechanical bloom thinning; Prunus persica; Quality; Set; Stone fruit; Thinning; Training

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 77953054895     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.20.2.409     Document Type: Article

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