Forcing Pieris japonica 'Debutante'

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 65, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 171-180

  Sytsema, W ^a   Ruesink, J B ^b  

^a Research Station for Floriculture and Glasshouse Vegetables   (Netherlands)

^b Research Station for Nursery Stock   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Daylength; Flowering; Forcing; Growth regulators; Pieris japonica; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 3743122704     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4238(96)00879-5     Document Type: Article

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