Applications of endothalic acid, pelargonic acid, and hydrogen cyanamide for blossom thinning in apple and peach

HortTechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 395-399

  Fallahi, Esmaeil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

1 naphthyl N methylcarbamate; Carbaryl; Dormex; Endothal; Ma lus domestica; NAA; Prunus persica; Sevin; Thinex

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0030799801     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.7.4.395     Document Type: Review

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