Prohexadione-Ca and ethephon reduce shoot growth and increase flowering in young, vigorous sweet cherry trees

HortScience

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 293-298

  Elfving, Don C ^a   Lang, Gregory A ^a,b   Visser, Dwayne B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apogee; Bioregulators; Bloom; Ethrel; Fruiting; Gummosis; Plant growth regulators; Precocity; Prunus avium; Vegetative growth; Yield

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WOOD;

ROOTSTOCKS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

PRUNUS AVIUM;

EID: 0038138116     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.38.2.293     Document Type: Article

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