The effect of temperature on flower-bud formation in apple including some morphological aspects

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Zhu, L H ^a,c   Borsboom, O ^a   Tromp, J ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Research Station for Fruit Growing   (Netherlands)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apple; Flower bud formation; Growth; Node number; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030664315     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(97)00018-6     Document Type: Article

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