Effects of lime sulfur and fish oil on pollen tube growth, leaf photosynthesis and fruit set in apple

HortScience

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 357-360

  McArtney, Steven ^a,b   Palmer, John ^a   Davies, Sue ^a   Seymour, Shona ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloom thinning; Fruit abscission; Malus xdomestica; Organic apple production

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; FRUITS; LIME; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SULFUR;

BLOOM THINNING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FISH OIL; FRUIT ABSCISSION; LIQUID LIME SULFUR (LS); MALUS XDOMESTICA; ORGANIC APPLE PRODUCTION; PN CONTRIBUTES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

APPLES; BLOOM; CARBOHYDRATES; EMBRYOS; FERTILIZATION; INHIBITION; LIME; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLEN; SULFUR; THINNING;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 33645102901     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.41.2.357     Document Type: Article

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