Chilling requirements of almond seeds related to flowering time of pollen donor

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-32

  Garcia Gusano M ^a   Martinez Gomez P ^a   Dicenta, F ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 62249210953     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2009.37.1.04     Document Type: Article

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