The water relations of 'Braeburn' apple fruit grown under deficit irrigation

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 449, Issue , 1997, Pages 385-392

  Mills, T M ^a   Clothier, B E ^a   Behboudian, M H ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fruit composition; Fruit water relations; Malus domestica Borkh.; Sugars

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0008270636     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1997.449.54     Document Type: Conference Paper

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