Reducing fennel stand density increases pollen production, improving potential for pollination and subsequent oil yield

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 629-634

  Falzari, Linda M ^a   Menary, Robert C ^a   Dragar, Valerie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apiaceae; Canopy architecture; Essential oil; Foeniculum vulgare; Plant density; Protandry; Umbelliferae

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FERTILIZERS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FENNEL FLOWERS; OIL YIELDS; STIGMA;

FRUITS;

FERTILIZERS; FLOWERS; FRUITS; PLANTS; POLLINATION;

APIACEAE; APIALES; FOENICULUM VULGARE;

EID: 19944424458     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.3.629     Document Type: Article

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