Thinning before bloom affects fruit size and yield of hardy kiwifruit

HortScience

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1243-1245

  Pescie, María A ^a   Strik, Bernadine C ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora   (Argentina)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinidia arguta; Blossom thinning; Fruit weight

Indexed keywords

SEED; SOLUBILITY;

FRUIT SIZE; SEED NUMBER; SOLUBLE SOLIDS; VINEYARDS;

FRUITS;

BLOOM; FLOWERS; FRUITS; SEEDS; THINNING;

ACTINIDIA; ACTINIDIA ARGUTA; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA;

EID: 3242759506     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.39.6.1243     Document Type: Article

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