Impact of early cropping on vegetative development and productivity of 'Golden Delicious' apple trees (Malus domestica Borkh)

European Journal of Horticultural Science

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 205-209

  Unuk, Tatjana ^a   Cmelik, Z ^b   Stopar, M ^c   Zadravec, P ^d   Tojnko, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^d Fruit Growing Centre Gacnik   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Alternate bearing productivity; Apple; Crop load; Growth; Malus domestica borkh

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 56749180653     PISSN: 16114434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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