Growth and fruiting characteristics of eight apple genotypes assessed as unpruned trees on 'm.9' rootstock and as own-rooted trees in southern france

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 732, Issue , 2007, Pages 93-99

  Maguylo, Karen ^a   Lauri, Pierre Eric ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Apple; BCSA; Fruit size; M.9 pajam 2 (aka Cepiland); Own rooted; Root system; TCSA; Trunk basitony; Yield

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA; VENTURIA INAEQUALIS;

EID: 71049172039     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.732.8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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