Ethephon sprays affect harvest parameters of 'mastoides' olives

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 474, Issue , 1999, Pages 223-226

  Gerasopoulos, D ^a   Metzidakis, I ^b   Naoufel, E ^c  

^a Agric Res Ctr Macedonia Thrace   (Greece)

^b Subtropical Plants and Olive Tree Inst   (Greece)

^c MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ethephon; Fruit drop; Fruit removal force; Leaf drop; Olives

Indexed keywords

OLEACEAE;

EID: 1042283897     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1999.474.44     Document Type: Conference Paper

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