The effect of crop load on budbreak influences return bloom in alternate bearing 'Pixie' mandarin

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 299-307

  Verreynne, Johannes S ^a,b   Lovatt, Carol J ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrus reticulate; Floral intensity; Fruit removal; On and off crop trees; Vegetative shoot growth

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS RETICULATA;

EID: 69549118523     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.134.3.299     Document Type: Article

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