What kind of morphological traits should be sought in apple seedling progenies in order to select regular bearing cultivars?

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 451, Issue , 1997, Pages 725-729

  Lauri, P E ^a   Lespinasse, J M ^b   Laurens, F ^b  

^a MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Apple seedlings; Axis slenderness; Bourse over bourse; Malus x domestica Borkh.

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037726712     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1997.451.87     Document Type: Conference Paper

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