Effects of supplementary pollination on cropping success and fruit quality in pistachio

Plant Breeding

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 451-455

  Vaknin, Y ^a,b   Gan Mor, S ^c   Bechar, A ^d   Ronen, B ^c   Eisikowitch, D ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Electrostatic pollination; Fruit dehiscence; Fruit set; Pistacia vera L.; Pollen germinability; Pollen supplementation

Indexed keywords

PISTACIA; PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 0036808397     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0523.2002.724293.x     Document Type: Article

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