Effects of crop load on apple photosynthetic responses and yield

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 451, Issue , 1997, Pages 303-311

  Giuliani, Rita ^a   Corelli Grappadelli, Luca ^a   Magnanini, Eugenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fruit density; Gas exchange; Malus domestica Borkh; Source sink relationship; Vegetative reproductive ratio; Whole canopy photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000025991     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1997.451.35     Document Type: Conference Paper

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