Chemical blossom thinners vary in their effect on sweet cherry fruit set, yield, fruit quality, and crop value

HortTechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-70

  Whiting, Matthew D ^a   Ophardt, David ^a   McFerson, James R ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Blossom thinning; Crop value; Gisela; Organic production; Prunus avium; Rootstock; Source sink relations; Yield

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS AVIUM; PRUNUS CANESCENS; PRUNUS CERASUS;

EID: 29844441105     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.16.1.0066     Document Type: Article

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