Performance of Prunus rootstocks for apricot in Mediterranean conditions

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 354-359

  Hernández, Fca ^a   Pinochet, J ^b   Moreno, M A ^c   Martinez J J ^a   Legua, P ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b Agromillora Catalana SA   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fruit quality; Fruit set; TCSA; Yield

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; FLOWERING; FRUIT SET; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; ORCHARD; ROOTSTOCK; YIELD RESPONSE;

MURCIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS ARMENIACA;

EID: 77249083040     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2010.01.020     Document Type: Article

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