Rootstock effect on growth of apple scions with different growth habits

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 335-343

  Tworkoski, T ^a   Miller, S ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture; Bud break; Flowering; Malus domestica; Size controlling rootstock

Indexed keywords

BUDBURST; FLOWERING; FRUIT; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; PROPAGATION (HORTICULTURE); ROOTSTOCK; SIZE STRUCTURE;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 33846581989     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2006.10.034     Document Type: Article

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