Estimating the cost of flowering in a grapefruit tree

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 217-224

  Bustan, A ^a   Goldschmidt, E E ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alternative pathway of respiration; Carbohydrate demand; Citrus paradisi; Flowering; Growth respiration; Maintenance respiration; Reproductive effort; Sink; Source

Indexed keywords

CITRUS;

EID: 0031979856     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1998.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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