Modelling the influence of seed set on fruit shape in apple

Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-245

  Dražeta, Lazar ^a,b   Lang, Alexander ^a   Hall, Alistair J ^a   Volz, Richard K ^a   Jameson, Paula E ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 1642295769     PISSN: 14620316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14620316.2004.11511755     Document Type: Article

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