Start-timing for calcium chloride spray programs influences fruit calcium and bitter pit in 'braeburn' and 'honeycrisp' apples

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1213-1227

  Peryea, Frank J ^a   Neilsen, Gerry H ^b   Faubion, Dana ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bitter pit; Calcium; Fruit quality; Malus domestica; Mineral nutrition; Tree fruit

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 34548303699     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904160701555077     Document Type: Article

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