Effects of temperature and the combination of liquid lime sulfur and fish oil on pollen germination, pollen tube growth, and fruit set in apples

HortScience

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1277-1283

  Yoder, Keith ^a   Yuan, Rongcai ^a   Combs, Leon ^a   Byers, Ross ^a   Mcferson, Jim ^b   Schmidt, Tory ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit abscission; Malus domestica; Plant growth regulators

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 70350037863     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.44.5.1277     Document Type: Article

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