Abscission of pistachio flowers and fruits as affected by different pollinators

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2920-2924

  Acar, Izzet ^a   Eti, Sinan ^b  

^a Pistachio Research Institute   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Flower; Fruit abscission; Male trees; Pistachio; Pollination

Indexed keywords

PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 35348945946     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.2920.2924     Document Type: Article

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