Distribution of cashew flower sex-types between clones and sides of tree canopies in Tanzania

Annals of Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 553-558

  Masawe, P A L ^a,b   Cundall, E P ^a,c   Caligari, P D S ^b  

^a Naliendele Agricultural Research Institute   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anacardium occidentale L., cashew; clones; flowering; sex types; sides of canopy; Tanzania; yield

Indexed keywords

ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; ANACARDIACEAE;

ASPECT; CASHEW; FLOWERING; SEX TYPE; YIELD;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0029659236     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0160     Document Type: Article

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