Early expression of apical control regulates length and crotch angle of sylleptic shoots in peach and nectarine

HortScience

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 604-606

  Cook, Nigel C ^a   Rabe, Etienne ^a   Jacobs, Gerard ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apical dominance; Branching dynamics; Growth habit; Prunus persica; Shoot autonomy

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0032808159     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.34.4.604     Document Type: Article

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