Relationship of alternate bearing intensity in pecan to fruit and canopy characteristics

HortScience

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 361-366

  Wood, Bruce W ^a   Conner, Patrick J ^b   Worley, Ray E ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternate bearing; Assimilates; Breeding; Carbohydrates; Culture; Flowering; Inhibitors; Irregular bearing; Phytohormones; Production; Profit; Stress; Yields

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ORCHARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

FRUIT RIPENING;

FRUITS;

CARYA; CARYA ILLINOENSIS; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS;

EID: 0038340760     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.38.3.361     Document Type: Article

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