Rate and time of boron application increase almond productivity and tissue boron concentration

HortScience

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 242-245

  Nyomora, Agnes M S ^a   Brown, Patrick H ^a   Krueger, Bill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Flowering; Nut set; Prunus dulcis

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 0032963831     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.34.2.242     Document Type: Article

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