Application of CaCl2 sprays earlier in the season may reduce bitter pit incidence in 'Braeburn' apple

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1850-1853

  Neilsen, Gerry ^a   Neilsen, Denise ^a   Dong, Shufu ^a   Toivonen, Peter ^a   Peryea, Frank ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitter pit; Calcium chloride; Calcium thiosulphate; Fruit Ca; Malus xdomestica Borkh

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; SPRAYING; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS);

CALCIUM APPLICATION; UNSPRAYED CONTROL;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; DISPERSIONS; HARVESTING; SPRAYING;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; MALUS XDOMESTICA;

EID: 24944577466     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.6.1850     Document Type: Article

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