Reducing fruit drop in lychee with PGR sprays

Plant Growth Regulators in Agriculture and Horticulture: Their Role and Commercial Uses

Volumn , Issue , 2024, Pages 211-222

  Stern, Raphael A ^a   Gazit, Shmuel ^b  

^a MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 33751303005     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781003578505-8     Document Type: Chapter

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