Flowering of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) is reduced by long photoperiods

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-38

  Snelgar, W P ^a   Clearwater, M J ^a   Walton, E F ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Actinidia; Floral commitment; Floral evocation; Flowering; Winter chilling

Indexed keywords

DRY MATTER; FLOWERING; ORCHARD; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; VINE;

ACTINIDIA; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA;

EID: 34548080347     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140670709510165     Document Type: Article

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