The relationship between flower and fruit abscission and alternate bearing of 'Hass' avocado

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-10

  Garner, Lauren C ^a,b   Lovatt, Carol J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit development; Fruit set; Fruit size; June drop; Persea americana; Phenology; Preharvest drop

Indexed keywords

PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 38049004567     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.133.1.3     Document Type: Article

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