Floral biology of 'Bulida' apricot trees subjected to postharvest drought stress

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 523-528

  Ruiz Sanchez, M C ^a   Egea, J ^a   Galego, R ^b   Torrecillas, A ^a,c  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones de Riego y Drenaje   (Cuba)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apricot; Drought stress; Floral biology; Postharvest; Prunus armeniaca L.

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT STRESS; FLOWER; IRRIGATION; YIELD;

ARMENIACA; PRUNUS ARMENIACA;

EID: 0032759760     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1999.tb00883.x     Document Type: Article

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