Possible early selection of short juvenile period olive plants based on seedling traits

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 933-940

  Rallo, Pilar ^a   Jiménez, Rocío ^a   Ordovás, José ^a   Suárez, Ma Paz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breeding; Earliness of first flowering; Olea europaea L.

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; FLOWERING; GROWING SEASON; JUVENILE; LIFE CYCLE; SEEDLING; SELECTIVE BREEDING; SOWING;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 52149119863     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR08013     Document Type: Article

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