Fruit canopy position and panicle bagging affects yield and quality of 'Tai So' lychee

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 203-213

  Tyas, John A ^a   Hofman, Peter J ^a   Underhill, Steven J R ^a   Bell, Kerry L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bagging; Fruit quality; Fruit yield; Lychee

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032570922     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(97)00125-8     Document Type: Article

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