Exploring within-tree architectural development of two apple tree cultivars over 6 years

Annals of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-104

  Costes, E ^a   Sinoquet, H ^b   Kelner, J J ^a   Godin, C ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b PIAF   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Branching; Flowering; Fruit set; Growth units; Malus X domestica Borkh; Metamers; Morphological gradients; Multi scale; Shoot types; Synchrony; Tree architecture; Vegetative development

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; GROWTH; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; TREE;

APPLE; ARTICLE; FLOWER; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

FLOWERS; FRUIT; MALUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0037241294     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcg010     Document Type: Article

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