Loquat fruit sink strength and growth pattern

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-137

  Cuevas, J ^a   Salvador Sola, F J ^a   Gavilan J ^a   Lorente, N ^b   Hueso, J J ^b   Gonzalez Padierna C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b Cajamar Experimental Station 'Las Palmerillas'   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eriobotrya japonica; Fruit growth model; Fruit size; Fruit thinning; Loquat; Sigmoid curve

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; GROWTH MODELING; HORTICULTURE;

ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA; JAPONICA; SIGMOIDEA;

EID: 0037453520     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(02)00217-0     Document Type: Article

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