Long-term effects of four groundcover management systems in an apple orchard

HortScience

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1176-1183

  Atucha, Amaya ^a   Merwin, Ian A ^a   Brown, Michael G ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Orchard sustainability; Soil health; Soil management; Tree nutrition

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA; POACEAE;

EID: 80051975981     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.46.8.1176     Document Type: Article

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