Summer pruning of apple: impacts on disease management
Pruning, including summer pruning, of apples can have a positive impact on disease management in two basic ways: through removal of dead tissue and inoculum, and through alteration of the canopy microclimate. Summer pruning can also increase diseases if it is done when disease risk is high. However...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Firenze University Press
2013-05-01
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Series: | Advances in Horticultural Science |
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Online Access: | https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ahs/article/view/2958 |