GA3 increases fruit weight in 'Yu Her Pau' litchi

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 442-443

  Chang, Jer Chia ^a   Lin, Tzong Shyan ^b  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fruit characteristic; Gibberellic acid; Litchi chinensis Sonn.

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; FRUIT; GROWTH; ORCHARD; SEED SIZE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 33646103421     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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