Calcium content in apple fruits after thinning treatments in relation to crop load, fruit size and leaf area

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 594, Issue , 2002, Pages 541-545

  Schroder M ^a   Link, H ^a  

^a Kompetenzzentrum Obstbau Bodensee Bavendorf   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonium thiosulfate; Chemical thinning; Physiological disorders; Urea

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846068635     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.594.71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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