Relationships among day of year of drop, seed number, and weight of mature apple fruit

HortScience

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-48

  Ward, D L ^a   Marini, R P ^a   Byers, R E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscission; Malus xdomestica; Preharvest drop

Indexed keywords

MALUS DOMESTICA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MALUS XDOMESTICA;

EID: 0035094848     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.36.1.45     Document Type: Article

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1. Apple fruit set: Evidence for a specific role of seeds
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3. A study of the relation of size of apples to number of seeds and weight of spur leaves
4. Relation of seeds to pre-harvest McIntosh drop
5. The relationship between endogenous ethylene and abscission of mature apple fruits
6. Adverse weather and fruit thinning chemicals can affect seed content and size of 'Red Delicious' apples - What can growers do about it?