Effect of climatic conditions on the overcoming of dormancy in apricot flower buds in two Mediterranean areas: Murcia (Spain) and Tuscany (Italy)

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-224

  Viti, R ^a   Andreini, L ^b   Ruiz, D ^c   Egea, J ^c   Bartolini, S ^b   Iacona, C ^a   Campoy, J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chilling and heat requirement; Environment; Flower bud; Flowering; Prunus armeniaca L

Indexed keywords

BUD; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CULTIVAR; DORMANCY; FLOWERING; FRUIT; GENOTYPE; GROWING SEASON; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

PRUNUS ARMENIACA;

EID: 76349084269     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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