Effects of ethylene on fruit set and maturation of highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.)

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 267-272

  Suzuki, Akira ^a   Kikuchi, Toru ^a,b   Aoba, Koji ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kesennuma nishi High School   (Japan)

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VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 0031468157     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.66.267     Document Type: Article

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