Effects of cluster size and shoot type on characteristics of pecan nuts

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1300-1303

  Rohla, Charles T ^a   Smith, Michael W ^a   Maness, Niels O ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternate bearing; Carya illinoinensis; Flowering; Fruit; Fruit number; Irregular bearing; Kernel development; Kernel percentage; Nut; Nut size; Return bloom

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; HARVESTING;

FRUIT CLUSTERS; GROWTH FLUSH; LATERAL SHOOTS; TERMINAL SHOOTS;

FRUITS;

CARYA; CULTIVATION; FRUITS; HARVESTING; SHOOTS; TERMINALS;

CARYA ILLINOINENSIS;

EID: 22444431934     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.5.1300     Document Type: Article

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