Yield responses to ethephon for unshaken and mechanically shaken macadamia

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1143-1150

  Trueman, S J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTROL; CROP YIELD; DEFOLIATION; NUT;

MACADAMIA; MACADAMIA INTEGRIFOLIA;

EID: 0344099415     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA02048     Document Type: Article

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