Dormex and Promalin affects fruit set and earliness of apricot (Prunus armeniaca) and plum (Prunus domestica) cultivars

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-64

  Son, Levent ^a   Kuden, Ayzin Baykam ^b  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apricot; Budbreak; Fruit set; Hydrogen cyanamide; Plum

Indexed keywords

BUDBURST; FRUIT SET; GROWTH REGULATOR; ORCHARD;

ARMENIACA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS ARMENIACA; PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 18744402246     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.2005.9514331     Document Type: Article

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