Effect of thinning on fruit yield, size and quality of kiwifruit cv. allison

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 662, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 359-364

  Thakur, Anirudh ^a   Chandel, J S ^a  

^a DR Y S PARMAR UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY   (India)

Author keywords

Actinidia deliciosa; Fruit size; Fruit thinning; NAA; Quality; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249176658     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2004.662.53     Document Type: Conference Paper

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