The cold hardiness of flower buds in two apricot cultivars

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 701 I, Issue , 2006, Pages 141-145

  Bartolini, S ^a   Zanol, G ^a   Viti, R ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Browning; Floral organs; Prunus armeniaca; Stress; Sulfhydril compounds

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS ARMENIACA;

EID: 33745075936     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2006.701.19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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