Seasonal reproductive and vegetative growth patterns and resource allocation during cactus pear fruit growth

HortScience

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-72

  Inglese, P ^a   Barbera, G ^a   La Mantia, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cladodes; Competition; Flowering; Growth rate; Opuntia ficus indica; Partitioning; Thermal time

Indexed keywords

OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA;

EID: 0033053233     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.34.1.69     Document Type: Article

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