The Effect of Water Deficit during Early Fruit Development on Olive Fruit Morphogenesis

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 121-127

  Rapoport, Hava F ^a   Costagli, Giacomo ^a,b   Gucci, Riccardo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell number; Cell size; Endocarp; Mesocarp; Olea europaea; Water potential

Indexed keywords

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 0348161456     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.129.1.0121     Document Type: Article

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