The effect of fruit load, defoliation and night temperature on the morphology of pepper flowers and on fruit shape

Annals of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 529-534

  Aloni, B ^a   Pressman, E ^a   Karni, L ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

(Capsicum annuum L); Flower shape; Fruit shape; Low temperatures; Pepper; Reducing sugars; Seeds; Source sink relationship; Starch; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM ANNUUM;

EID: 0032937729     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1999.0852     Document Type: Article

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