Prohexadione-calcium suppression of apple tree shoot growth as affected by spray additives

HortScience

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-119

  Byers, R E ^a   Carbaugh, D H ^a   Combs, L D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Adjuvants; Ethephon; Fruit cracking; pH; Plant growth regulators; Return bloom

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); FRUITS;

SHOOT GROWTH; WATER CONDITIONER;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 1642424191     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.39.1.115     Document Type: Article

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