Managing crop load on non-astringent persimmon (Diospyros kaki L.) grown in the sub-tropics

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 436, Issue , 1997, Pages 251-260

  Collins, R J ^a   George, A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crop load; Diospyros kaki; Subtropics

Indexed keywords

DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS KAKI;

EID: 27944454788     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1997.436.27     Document Type: Conference Paper

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