Fruit quality of four cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica Mill.) cultivars as influenced by irrigation

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 438, Issue , 1997, Pages 115-121

  Mulas, M ^a   D'hallewin, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Fruit composition; Italy; Prickly pear; Trickle irrigation

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA; PYRUS; SARDA;

EID: 34548436987     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1997.438.14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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