Effect of various foliar sprays on some fruit quality attributes and leaf nutritional status of the peach cultivar 'andross'

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 471-484

  Sotiropoulos, Thomas ^a   Therios, Ioannis ^b   Voulgarakis, Nikolaos ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Nature SA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cell wall; Fruit firmness; Potassium; Silicon; Split pits

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS PERSICA; SILENE;

EID: 75649091488     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904160903506225     Document Type: Article

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