Quantification of bearing habit on the basis of lateral bud growth of seven pear cultivars grown under conditions of inadequate winter chilling in South Africa

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 185-192

  du Plooy, Pierre ^a,b   Jacobs, Gerard ^a   Cook, Nigel C ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bearing habit; Flowering; Fruiting branches; Pyrus communis L.; Spur autonomy

Indexed keywords

HORTICULTURE;

CYDONIA OBLONGA; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0037032030     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(02)00009-2     Document Type: Article

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