Inflorescence development of the 'Hass' avocado: Commitment to flowering

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 478-482

  Salazar García, Samuel ^a,b   Lord, Elizabeth M ^a   Lovatt, Carol J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Flowering; Gibberellic acid; Inflorescence initiation; Persea americana; Photoperiod; Temperature

Indexed keywords

PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 0032818517     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.124.5.478     Document Type: Article

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