Pollen load affects fruit set, size, and shape in cherimoya

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-56

  Gonzalez M ^a   Baeza, E ^a   Lao, J L ^b   Cuevas, J ^b  

^a Cajamar Experimental Station 'Las Palmerillas'   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cherimoya; Fruit growth model; Pollen dilution; Pollen load

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; FRUIT SET; POLLEN; POLLINATOR; PROTOGYNY;

ANNONA; ANNONA CHERIMOLA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPODIUM;

EID: 33747482667     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2006.06.015     Document Type: Article

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