Scoring and girdling, but not GA3, increase yield without decreasing return bloom in 'Triumph' persimmon

HortScience

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2022-2026

  Steyn, Willem J ^a   Ungerer, Samuel F ^a,b   Theron, Karen I ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Littlewood Estate ^*

Author keywords

Diospyros kaki; Flower initiation; Fruit set; Fruit size; Gibberellic acid

Indexed keywords

DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS KAKI;

EID: 57049083545     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.43.7.2022     Document Type: Article

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