Soil management in the Breede River Valley wine grape region, South Africa. 2. Soil temperature

South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-168

  Fourie, J C ^a   Freitag, K ^a  

^a ARC INFRUITEC NIETVOORBIJ   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cover crops; Grapevines; Mulches; Soil cultivation

Indexed keywords

VITACEAE; VITIS; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 79951749482     PISSN: 0253939X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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