Effects of foliar application of calcium chloride and urea on quantitative and qualitative characteristics of pomegranate fruits

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-175

  Ramezanian, Asghar ^a   Rahemi, Majid ^a   Vazifehshenas, Mohammad Reza ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Yazd   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aril; Ascorbic acid; Calcium; Nitrogen; Pomegranate; Soluble solid content; Titratable acidity

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRUIT PRODUCTION; UREA;

LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM;

EID: 67349242442     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2009.01.039     Document Type: Article

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