Influence of altered irradiance on fruits and leaves of mature pear trees

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-234

  Garriz, P I ^a,b   Alvarez, H L ^a   Alvarez, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

fruit quality; Pyrus communis; shading; specific leaf mass

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030901148     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000344920479     Document Type: Article

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