Centrifugal training in apple - Appraisal of a two-year experiment on 'galaxy' in southeast france

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 732, Issue , 2007, Pages 391-396

  Lauri, Pierre Eric ^a   Crété, Xavier ^a   Ferré, Gérard ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Centre Expérimental Horticole de Marsillargues CEHM   (France)

Author keywords

Centrifugal training; Extinction; Fruit size; Regularity of bearing

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 42049100953     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.732.59     Document Type: Conference Paper

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