Influence of first season application of paclobutrazol, root-pruning and regulated deficit irrigation on second season flowering and fruiting of mature 'Sundrop' apricot trees

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 516, Issue , 2000, Pages 75-82

  Arzani, Kazem ^a   Wood, David ^b   Lawes, G Stephen ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Apricot; Dafb (Days After Full Bloom); PBZ (Paclobutrazol); Prunus Armeniaca L.cv. 'Sundrop'; RDI (Regulated Deficit Irrigation); Root Pruning; Statistical Analysis System (SAS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846188613     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.516.8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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