Current-year and subsequent-year effects of crop-load manipulation and epicormic-shoot removal on distribution of long, short and epicormic shoot growth in Prunus persica

Annals of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 323-332

  Gordon, D ^a   Dejong, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Crop load; Epicormic shoot; Long shoot; Neoformation; Nodes; Pruning; Prunus persica; Shoot type; Short shoot; Vegetative growth; Water sprout

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CROP PLANT; CROP YIELD; DECIDUOUS TREE; FRUIT PRODUCTION; PRUNING; REGROWTH; SHOOT GROWTH; THINNING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WINTERS;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; PRUNUS; TIME;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FRUIT; PLANT SHOOTS; PRUNUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947721922     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl262     Document Type: Article

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