Impact of dry spells on the ontogeny of coconut fruits and its relation to yield

Plantations, Recherche, Developpement

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 251-255

  Rajagopal, V ^a   Shivashankar, S ^a   Mathew, Jacob ^a  

^a ICAR CENTRAL PLANTATION CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; ONTOGENY; RAINFALL; YIELD;

LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 0030442254     PISSN: 12547670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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