Alternate bearing in pistachio as a masting phenomenon: Construction cost of reproduction versus vegetative growth and storage

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1069-1075

  Stevenson, M T ^a   Shackel, K A ^b  

^a Biologically Intgd Orchard Syst P   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate reserves; Ecology; Life history strategy; Nuts; Pistacia vera; Wood growth

Indexed keywords

PISTACIA ATLANTICA; PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 0031758220     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.123.6.1069     Document Type: Article

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