Apple yield and fruit quality as influenced by boron applications

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1365-1377

  Wójcik, Pawel ^a   Cieslinski, Grzegorz ^a   Mika, Augustyn ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POMOLOGY AND FLORICULTURE   (Poland)

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Indexed keywords

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; GLOEOSPORIUM; MALUS DOMESTICA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM SP.;

EID: 0032812213     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904169909365719     Document Type: Article

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