Fruit distribution and early thinning intensity influence fruit quality and productivity of peach and nectarine trees

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 892-900

  Miranda Jiménez, Carlos ^a   Royo Díaz, J Bernardo ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fruit size; Prunus persica; Spring frost

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA; PRUNUS PERSICA NUCIPERSICA;

EID: 0036842718     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.127.6.892     Document Type: Article

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