Fruit and shoot growth, in relation to leaf vs. fruit ratio and their relative position in canopies of 'flordastar' peach trees

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 592, Issue , 2002, Pages 493-499

  Gugliuzza, G ^a   Caruso, T ^a   Inglese, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Sink source; Y shape

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749104085     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.592.66     Document Type: Conference Paper

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