Strategies for controlling the size of sweet cherry trees

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 468, Issue , 1998, Pages 229-240

  Webster, A D ^a  

^a Department Plant Breeding and Biotechnology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dwarfing; Interstocks; Plant growth regulator; Root pruning; Rootstocks; Sweet cherry; Training; Vigour control

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS AVIUM;

EID: 0012810711     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1998.468.28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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