Fruit sets and fruit drops in Turkish apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) varieties grown under ecological conditions of Van, Turkey

Asian Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 298-303

  Fikret Balta, Mehmet ^a   Muradoglu, F ^a   Askin, M A ^b   Kaya, T ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apricot; Fruit drop; Fruit set; Van

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS ARMENIACA;

EID: 33947096921     PISSN: 16823974     EISSN: 18125697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajps.2007.298.303     Document Type: Article

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