Effect of time of cluster thinning grapevines

Small Fruits Review

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-14

  Ferree, David C ^a   Cahoon, Garth A ^a   Scurlock, David M ^a   Brown, Maurus V ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Richland County Extension Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop load; French American hybrids; Juice composition; Pruning weight; Vitis; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010753133     PISSN: 15228851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J301v02n01_02     Document Type: Article

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