Insight into alternate bearing of pecan

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 636, Issue , 2004, Pages 617-629

  Wood, Bruce W ^a   Conner, Patrick J ^b   Worley, Ray E ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilates; Breeding; Flowering; Irregular bearing; Phytohormones; Stress; Yields

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047238479     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.636.77     Document Type: Conference Paper

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