Effects of pre-harvest irrigation regime and crop level on yield, fruit size distribution and fruit quality of field-grown 'Black Amber' Japanese plum

Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 281-288

  Naor, A ^a   Peres, M ^b   Greenblat, Y ^b   Gal, Y ^b   Ben Arie, R ^c  

^a Golan Research Institute   (Israel)

^b EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

^c Fruit Storage Research Laboratory   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PRUNUS SALICINA; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 1642409446     PISSN: 14620316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14620316.2004.11511761     Document Type: Article

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