Combinations of Ethephon and Accel for Thinning 'Delicious' Apple Trees

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-181

  Marini, Richard P ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscission; Fruit set; Fruit weight; Malus xsylvestris var. domestica; PGR

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS SYLVESTRIS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 1242299595     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.129.2.0175     Document Type: Article

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