Soil management in organic orchard production systems

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 1001, Issue , 2013, Pages 295-302

  Neilsen, G ^a   Neilsen, D ^a   O'Gorman, D ^a   Hogue, E ^a   Angers, D ^a   Bissonnette, N ^a   Forge, T ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apple; C; Leaf N; N; P and K; Soil organic matter; Vigour; Yield

Indexed keywords

AMBROSIA; MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 84882674082     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2013.1001.33     Document Type: Conference Paper

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