Fruit thinning of peach trees

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 113-119

  Costa, Guglielmo ^a   Vizzotto, Giannina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bloom thinning; Bud thinning; Correlative inhibition; Fruit growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034108317     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006387605042     Document Type: Article

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