Pollen viability in lychee

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-46

  Stern, Raphael A ^a   Gazit, Shmuel ^b  

^a MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Flower; Fruit set; Litchi chinensis; Pollination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031964597     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.123.1.41     Document Type: Article

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