Effects of Plant Growth Regulators on Fruit Set and Fruit Shape of Parthenocarpic Apple Fruits

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 350-357

  Watanabe, Manabu ^a   Segawa, Hideyuki ^a   Murakami, Masanobu ^a   Sagawa, Satoru ^a   Komori, Sadao ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apple; Auxin; Cytokinin; Gibberellins; Parthenocarpy

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 55949093184     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs1.77.350     Document Type: Article

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