Rootstock Effects on Growth, Cell Number, and Cell Size of 'Gala' Apples

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-41

  Al Hinai, Yahya K ^a   Roper, Teryl R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell number; Cell size; Crop load; Flesh firmness; Intercellular space; SEM; Soluble solids concentration

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS DOMESTICA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0346900994     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.129.1.0037     Document Type: Article

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