Evaluation of different methods for determining growing degree-day thresholds in apricot cultivars

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 411-422

  Ruml, Mirjana ^a   Vuković, Ana ^a   Milatović, Dragan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Apricot; Full bloom; Growing degree days; Harvest; Threshold temperature

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROP; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PRUNUS; SERBIA; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE; TIME; EVALUATION STUDY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRUNUS; SERBIA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

PRUNUS ARMENIACA;

EID: 77954217807     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-009-0292-6     Document Type: Article

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