Pollination requirements of pigmented grapefruit (Citrus paradisi Macf.) from northwestern Argentina

Crop Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1143-1150

  Chacoff, Natacha P ^a   Aizen, Marcelo A ^b  

^a Lab Invest Ecologicas las Yungas   (Argentina)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS X PARADISI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34548182036     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2006.09.0586     Document Type: Article

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