Effect of foliar-applied gibberellins and soil-applied paclobutrazol on reproductive and vegetative growth of ‘Braebum’ apple trees growing under a high-density planting system

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-58

  Khurshid, T ^a   McNeil, D L ^a   Trought, M C T ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Apple; GA3; GA4; High density; Malus domestica; Paclobutrazol; Plant growth regulators

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030925959     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.1997.9513986     Document Type: Article

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