Manipulating flowering in mango, cv. Kensington Pride

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 575, Issue , 2002, Pages 791-796

  Blaikie, S J ^a   Kulkarni, V ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Northern Territory Dept of Primary Industry and Fisheries   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flowering; Kensington Pride; Mango; Morphactin; Paclobutrazol

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749089245     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.575.93     Document Type: Conference Paper

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