Spraying calcium is not an effective way to increase structural calcium in litchi pericarp

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-44

  Huang, Xu Ming ^a   Wang, Hui Cong ^a   Zhong, Wei Liang ^a   Yuan, Wei Qun ^b   Lu, Jie Mei ^c   Li, Jian Guo ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Huizhou Agricultural Bureau   (China)

^c Guangzhou Agricultural Technology Extension Center   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium spray; Fruit cracking; Litchi chinensis Sonn.; Structural calcium

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CULTIVAR; CYTOLOGY; FRUITING; SPRAY;

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 43649099376     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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