Sylleptic shoot formation in young apple trees exposed to various soil temperature and air humidity regimes in three successive periods of the growing season

Annals of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-70

  Tromp, J ^a  

^a Research Station for Fruit Growing   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air humidity; Apple; Branching; Malus pumila Mill; Soil temperature; Syllepsis

Indexed keywords

MALUS PUMILA;

EID: 0030065198     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0008     Document Type: Article

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