Fruit abscission and leaf drop in citrus cultivars treated with metsulfuron-methyl

HortTechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 412-416

  Kender, Walter J ^a   Hartmond, Ulrich ^a   Burns, Jacqueline K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Fruit loosening; Grapefruit; Oranges; Tangelos; Tangerines; Tangors

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS NOBILIS; CITRUS PARADISI; CITRUS RETICULATA; CITRUS SINENSIS; CITRUS TANGELO; CITRUS X PARADISI; PSEUDOBAHIA; UMBILICUS; VALENCIA;

EID: 0033041749     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.9.3.412     Document Type: Article

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