Hydrogen cyanamide impacts on flowering, crop load, and fruit quality of red ‘Fuji’ apple (Malus domestica)

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-234

  Bound, S A ^a   Jones, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical thinning; Dormancy; Ethephon; Phytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

CROP PERFORMANCE; DORMANCY; FLOWERING; FRUIT;

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 3242786585     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.2004.9514300     Document Type: Article

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