Horizontal cane orientation and rowcover application improve winter survival and yield of trailing 'siskiyou' blackberry

HortTechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 170-175

  Takeda, Fumiomi ^a   Phillips, John ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bud; Floricane; Fruit; Primocane; Protected cultivation; Rubus; Temperature; Trellis

Indexed keywords

RUBUS;

EID: 79955705584     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.21.2.170     Document Type: Article

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