Induction of parthenocarpic fruit growth with endogenous gibberellins of loquat

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 653, Issue , 2004, Pages 67-70

  Sadamatsu, M ^a   Keawladdagorn, V ^a   Ohara, H ^a   Ohkawa, K ^a   Matsui, H ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gibberellins (GAs); Loquat; Parthenocarpy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846498357     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.653.8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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