The influence of fruit and bud volumes on eucalypt flowering - An exploratory analysis

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 281-304

  Keatley, Marie R ^a   Hudson, Irene L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Co Oper Res Ctr Hardwood Fibre P ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUD; EUCALYPT; FLOWERING; FRUIT;

ADNATARIA; BISECTARIA; EUCALYPTUS; MAIDENARIA; RENANTHERIA;

EID: 0031809331     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT97021     Document Type: Article

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