Gibberellic acid inhibits floral bud induction and improves 'Bing' sweet cherry fruit quality

HortScience

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 654-659

  Lenahan, Olivia M ^a   Whiting, Matthew D ^a   Elfving, Donald C ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop load management; Crop value; Dwarfing rootstock; Fruit yield; GA 3; GA4+7; Gisela; Plant growth regulator; Prunus avium; Return bloom; Source sink relations

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FRUITS; PLANTS (BOTANY); STANDARDS;

CROP LOAD MANAGEMENT; CROP VALUE; DWARFING ROOTSTOCK; FRUIT YIELD; GA 3; GA4+7; GISELA; PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR; RETURN BLOOM; SOURCE-SINK RELATIONS;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

FLOWERS; FRUITS; GIBBERELLIC ACID; PRUNUS; TREES;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS AVIUM;

EID: 33646452468     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.41.3.654     Document Type: Article

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