GA3 application alters flowering phenology of 'Hass' avocado

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 791-797

  Salazar García, Samuel ^a,b   Lovatt, Carol J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^c Department of Plant Physiology ^*

Author keywords

Determinate inflorescence; Flowering inhibition; Indeterminate inflorescence; Inflorescence development; Persea americana

Indexed keywords

PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 0031829325     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.123.5.791     Document Type: Article

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