Effect of a postbloom naphthaleneacetic acid thinning spray and hand thinning on quality and quantity of pear fruit (Pyrus communis L.) cv. Harrow Sweet

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1109-1116

  Hudina, Metka ^a   Štampar, Franci ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

HPLC; Organic acids; Sugars; Yield

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANNUAL VARIATION; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; FRUIT SET; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF THINNING; SOLUBILITY; SUGAR; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL RECORD;

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 70349909523     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJPS09083     Document Type: Article

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