Modifying alternate bearing of spur-type 'delicious' apple with ethephon

HortScience

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1606-1611

  Bukovac, Martin J ^a   Sabbatini, Paolo ^a   Schwallier, Philip G ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2 chloroethylphosphonie acid; Biennial; Flower initiation; Malus domestica; Redchief; Return bloom

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ETHYLENE; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; STARCH;

2-CHLOROETHYLPHOSPHONIE ACID; BIENNIAL; FLOWER INITIATION; REDCHIEF; RETURN BLOOM;

FRUITS;

APPLES; ETHYLENE; FLOWERS; STARCH; TREES;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 33845214782     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.41.7.1606     Document Type: Article

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