Mechanical string thinner reduces crop load at variable stages of bloom development of peach and nectarine trees

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1327-1331

  Auxt Baugher, T ^a   Ellis, K ^a   Remcheck, J ^a   Lesser, K ^a   Schupp, J ^a   Winzeler, E ^a   Reichard, K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA; PRUNUS PERSICA NUCIPERSICA;

EID: 77958122247     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.9.1327     Document Type: Article

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