Prebloom foliar boron, zinc, and urea applications enhance cropping of some 'Empire' and 'McIntosh' apple orchards in New York

HortScience

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 210-214

  Stover, Ed ^a,d   Fargione, Michael ^a   Risio, Richard ^a   Stiles, Warren ^b   Iungerman, Kevin ^c  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Mathematics Specialist Cornell University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bud abscission; Bud development; Malus xdomestica; Winter injury; Zinc chelate

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA; MALUS XDOMESTICA;

EID: 0032935729     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.34.2.210     Document Type: Article

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