Roles of gibberellic acid and zinc sulphate in increasing size and weight of olive fruit

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 6791-6794

  Ramezani, Sadrollah ^a   Shekafandeh, Akhtar ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fruit size; Gibberellic acid; Growth; Olive; Yield; Zinc sulphate

Indexed keywords

GIBBERELLIC ACID; ZINC SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT GROWTH; FRUIT MORPHOLOGY; FRUIT SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OLIVE TREE;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 74549144258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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