High survival rates during acclimatization of micropropagated fruit tree rootstocks by increasing exposures to low relative humidity

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 616, Issue , 2003, Pages 139-142

  Marin J A ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Fruit tree species; Prunus; Water loss; Water transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646459550     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.616.13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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