Performance of mechanical thinners for bloom or green fruit thinning in peaches

HortScience

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-51

  Miller, Stephen S ^a   Schupp, James R ^b   Baugher, Tara A ^b   Wolford, Scott D ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop load management; Fruit size; Labor; Prunus persica; Stone fruit

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 78951471568     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.46.1.43     Document Type: Article

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