The effect of fruit thinning and tree pruning on tree starch reserves and on fruit retention of "sensation" mango trees

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 455, Issue , 1997, Pages 160-166

  Davie, S J ^a   Stassen, P J C ^a  

^a Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Crops   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Starch analysis method

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342605745     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1997.455.22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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