Fruit growth characteristics of four pomegranate cultivars from northern Oman

Fruits

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 335-341

  Al Yahyai, Rashid ^a   Al Said, Fahad ^a   Opara, Linus ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Development indicators; Developmental stages; Fruits; Growth rate; Harvesting; Oman; Punica granatum

Indexed keywords

LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM;

EID: 72449147741     PISSN: 02481294     EISSN: 1625967X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/fruits/2009029     Document Type: Article

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