Alleviation of frost damage to pear flowers by application of gibberellin

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-27

  Yarushnykov, Vladymyr V ^a,b   Blanke, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Artemovsk Fruit Research Centre   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Frost; Fruit set; Gibberellin; June drop; Parthenocarpy; Pear (Pyrus communis L.)

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; FROST EFFECTS; YIELD STRESS;

FLOWER OPENING; FRUIT SIZE; GIBBERELLIN APPLICATIONS; PEAR FLOWERS;

FRUITS;

CULTIVATION; FLOWERS; FORESTRY; FROST; FRUITS; GIBBERELLIC ACID; PYRUS; YIELD;

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 17744379444     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-004-6893-5     Document Type: Article

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