The effect of foliar spray with N, Zn and B on the fruit set and cropping of Iranian local olive trees

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 564, Issue , 2001, Pages 337-341

  Talaie, Alireza ^a   Taheri, Mehdi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b Agricultural Research Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Boron; Foliar spray; Initial fruit; Olive; Parthenocarp; Shotberry; Urea; Zinc sulphate

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949154596     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.564.40     Document Type: Conference Paper

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