Trunk girdling at an early stage of shoot elongation affects dry matter production and partitioning in Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki L.) cv. Tonewase

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 481-488

  Fumuro, Masahiko ^a  

^a Horticultural Branch   (Japan)

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DIOSPYROS KAKI; DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 0031471823     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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