Selection of dwarfing pear rootstock clones from Pyrus betulaefolia and P. calleryana seedlings

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Robbani, Mahbub ^a   Banno, Kiyoshi ^b   Yamaguchi, Katsuhisa ^b   Fujisawa, Noriko ^b   Jing, Yue Liu ^b   Kakegawa, Mayumi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dwarfing rootstock clone; P. betulaefolia; P. calleryana; Pear

Indexed keywords

PYRUS; PYRUS BETULAEFOLIA; PYRUS CALLERYANA; PYRUS COMMUNIS; PYRUS PYRIFOLIA;

EID: 32944461923     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.75.1     Document Type: Article

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