Foliar applied urea improves freezing protection to avocado and peach

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 85-92

  Zilkah, S ^a   Wiesmann, Z ^a   Klein, I ^a   David, I ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Avocado; Freezing injury; Peach; Urea

Indexed keywords

PERSEA AMERICANA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0030250424     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4238(96)00883-7     Document Type: Article

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