Commercial-scale use of hydrogen cyanamide for apple and peach blossom thinning

HortTechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 556-560

  Fallahi, Esmaeil ^a   Lee, Randy R ^b   Lee, Gary A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Washington Fruit and Produce   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbaryl; Dormex, 1 naphthyl N methylcarbamate; Malus x domestica; NAA; Prunus persica; Sevin

Indexed keywords

MALUS DOMESTICA; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0031752362     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.8.4.556     Document Type: Article

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