Influence of light environment on yield determinants and components in large olive hedgerows following mechanical pruning in the subtropics of the Southern Hemisphere

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 137, Issue , 2012, Pages 36-42

  Cherbiy Hoffmann, Silvana U ^a,c   Searles, Peter S ^a   Hall, Antonio J ^b   Rousseaux, M Cecilia ^a  

^a Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Transferencia Tecnologia   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Nacional de Chilecito   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fruit set; Fruit weight; Oil content; Olea europaea L.; Photosynthetically active radiation

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; CULTIVATION; DICOTYLEDON; FRUIT SET; GROWING SEASON; HEDGEROW; LIGHT EFFECT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PRUNING; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARGENTINA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 84856809229     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2012.01.019     Document Type: Article

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