Carbohydrate reserve concentrations and flower bud density effects on vegetative and reproductive development in southern highbush blueberry

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 413-419

  Maust, B E ^a,b   Williamson, J G ^a   Darnell, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fruit; Leaf area; Photosynthesis; Starch; Sugar; Vaccinium corymbosum

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CULTIVAR; FLOWERING; FRUIT; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; REPRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT; SIZE; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; WEIGHT GAIN;

ARUNDINARIA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 0034130022     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.125.4.413     Document Type: Article

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