Apple fruit growth responses to varying thinning methods and timing

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 557, Issue , 2001, Pages 407-412

  Lakso, A N ^a   Robinson, T L ^a   Goffinet, M C ^b   White, M D ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Benzyladenine; Carbaryl; Chemical thinning; Fruit abscission; Hand thinning; Naphthaleneacetic acid

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 22444450605     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.557.54     Document Type: Conference Paper

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