Improvement of compactness and floral quality in azalea by means of application of plant growth regulators

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-176

  Meijón, Mónica ^a,b   Rodríguez, Roberto ^a,b   Jesús Cañal, Ma ^a,b   Feito, Isabel ^c  

^a Facultad de Biología   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flowering control; Image analysis; Plant growth retardants; Rhododendron sp; Vegetative growth

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTIVAR; FLOWER; GROWTH REGULATOR; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; SHRUB;

ASTURIAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON JAPONICUM;

EID: 56649124658     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2008.07.023     Document Type: Article

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