GA3 as a flowering inhibitor in blueberries

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 527, Issue , 2000, Pages 147-151

  Retamales, Jorge B ^a   Hanson, Eric J ^b   Bukovac, Martin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flower initiation; Fruit load; Vaccinium corymbosum

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 34248538547     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2000.527.16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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