Chilling and heat requirements of apricot cultivars for flowering

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 254-263

  Ruiz, David ^a   Campoy, Jose Antonio ^a   Egea, José ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chilling requirements; Dormancy; Environment; Flowering date; Heat requirements; Prunus armeniaca L.

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; FLOWERING; FRUIT; HEAT CAPACITY; SEED DORMANCY; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

PRUNUS ARMENIACA;

EID: 34948890025     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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