The Dynamic Model Provides the Best Description of the Chill Process on 'Sirora' Pistachio Trees in Australia

HortScience

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 420-425

  Zhang, Jianlu ^a   Taylor, Cathy ^b  

^a Pistachio Growers Assoc Inc of Australia   (Australia)

^b Department of Primary Industries ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Budbreak; Chilling hour model; Pistacia vera; Utah model

Indexed keywords

PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 79952907898     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.46.3.420     Document Type: Article

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