Selective inhibition of flowering on 'Braeburn' apple trees with gibberellins

HortScience

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 699-700

  McArtney, Steven J ^a   Li, Shao Hua ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Malus xdomestica; Return bloom

Indexed keywords

MALUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 0031878621     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.33.4.699     Document Type: Article

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