Effects of the Combination of Gibberellic Acid and Ammonium Nitrate on the Growth and Quality of Seedless Berries in 'Delaware' Grape

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 366-371

  Ungsa, Marom ^a   Kato, Kuniko ^a   Takemura, Kenji ^a   Hori, Takaya ^a   Ohara, Hitoshi ^a   Ohkawa, Katsuya ^a   Matsui, Hiroyuki ^a   Bukovac, Martin J ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium nitrate; Berry growth; Berry quality; Gibberellic acid; Grape

Indexed keywords

VITIS SP.;

EID: 0141906738     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.72.366     Document Type: Article

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