Effects of flower bud density on vegetative and reproductive development and carbohydrate relations in southern highbush blueberry

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 532-538

  Maust, B E ^a,b   Williamson, J G ^a   Darnell, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fruit growth; Leaf area; Source sink; Vaccinium corymbosum

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CULTIVAR; FLOWERING; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; GAS EXCHANGE; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; PLANT GROWTH; RIPENING;

ARUNDINARIA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 0032838492     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.124.5.532     Document Type: Article

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