Applications of 2,4,5-TP, 3,5,6-TPA, and combinations thereof increase lychee fruit size and yield

HortScience

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 661-664

  Stern, Raphael A ^a   Stern, Daniel ^b   Harpaz, Moshe ^d   Gazit, Shmuel ^c  

^a MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

^b Kibbutz Lavi   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Abscission; Auxin; Fruitlet; Litchi chinensis

Indexed keywords

LITCHI CHINENSIS; MAURITIUS;

EID: 0033916040     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.35.4.661     Document Type: Article

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