Applying soybean oil to dormant peach trees alters internal atmosphere, reduces respiration, delays bloom, and thins flower buds

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 96-100

  Myers, R E ^a   Deyton, D E ^a   Sams, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Fruit thinning; Oxygen; Phenology; Prunus persica; Respiration

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0030064673     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.121.1.96     Document Type: Article

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