'Bing' sweet cherry on the dwarfing rootstock 'Gisela 5': Thinning affects fruit quality and vegetative growth but not net CO2 exchange

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 407-415

  Whiting, Matthew D ^a   Lang, Gregory A ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate assimilation; Fruit to leaf area ratio; Photosynthesis; Prunus avium; Sink strength; Yield

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS AVIUM; PRUNUS CANESCENS; PRUNUS CERASUS;

EID: 1942518745     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.129.3.0407     Document Type: Article

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