A new approach to controlling the flowering date for Japanese pear using reflective film technique

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 587, Issue , 2002, Pages 389-395

  Honjo, H ^a   Kobayashi, Y ^a   Watanabe, M ^a   Fukui, R ^a   Sugiura, T ^b  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecodormancy; Endodormancy; Flowering control; Non woven PE film; Pyrus pyriforia; Reflective film

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141820704     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.587.52     Document Type: Conference Paper

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