Organ loss and yield impacts of 'Valencia' sweet orange in response to fruit abscission agents

HortScience

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-88

  Pozo, Luis ^a   Burns, Jacqueline K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

1 methylcyclopropene; 5 chloro 3 methyl 4 nitro 1H pyrazole; Citrus sinensis; Ethephon; Fruit detachment force; Leaf abscission; Postbloom

Indexed keywords

CITRUS SINENSIS;

EID: 58849130217     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.44.1.83     Document Type: Article

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