Effect on fruit yield of bending ('kinking') the peduncles of tomato inflorescences

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-122

  Horridge, J S ^a   Cockshull, K E ^a  

^a Littlehampton   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Kinking'; Fruit yield; Lycopersicon esculentum; Tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0032536390     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(97)00117-9     Document Type: Article

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