Impact of shoot and cluster thinning on yield, fruit composition, and wine quality of Corot noir

American Journal of Enology and Viticulture

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-56

  Sun, Qun ^a   Sacks, Gavin L ^a   Lerch, Steven D ^a   vanden Heuvel, Justine E ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of production; Crop load management; Economic sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858044242     PISSN: 00029254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5344/ajev.2011.11029     Document Type: Article

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