Growth rates and biomass production of micropropagated apple plants of M26 and Gravenstein on their own roots and in different micrografted combinations under non-limiting and limiting nutrient conditions

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 336, 1999, Pages 1189-1198

  Zhu, Li Hua ^a   Welander, Margareta ^a   Hellgren, Olof ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apple; Growth rate; Nutrient; Rootstock scion; Soluble sugars; Steady state

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0032805360     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/50.336.1189     Document Type: Article

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