Thinning apples and pears in a nordic climate. III. The effect of NAA, ethephon and lime sulfur on fruit set, yield and return bloom of three apple cultivars

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 463, Issue , 1998, Pages 517-525

  Meland, Mekjell ^a  

^a Ullensvang Research Centre   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ethephon; Fruit set; Lime sulfur; Malus domestica Borkh; NAA; Return bloom; Thinning; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008591974     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1998.463.65     Document Type: Article

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