'McIntosh' apple fruit thinning by benzyladenine in relation to seed number and endogenous cytokinin levels in fruit and leaves

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-134

  Yuan, Rongcai ^a,b   Greene, Duane W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

BA; Cytokinin; Fruit set; Fruit thinning; Malus domestica; Seed number

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033829390     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(00)00142-4     Document Type: Article

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