Fruitlet age and inflorescence characteristics affect the thinning and the increase in Fruitlet growth rate induced by auxin applications in citrus

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 463, Issue , 1998, Pages 501-508

  Ortola A G ^a   Monerri, C ^a   Guardiola, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abscission; Citrus unshiu marc; Ethylene inhibitors; Fruit size; Naphthalene acetic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004854606     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1998.463.63     Document Type: Article

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