Winter drought stress can delay flowering and avoid immature fruit loss during late-season mechanical harvesting of 'Valencia' oranges

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 271-276

  Melgar, Juan Carlos ^a   Dunlop, Jill M ^a   Albrigo, L Gene ^a   Syvertsen, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloom delay; Canopy shaker; Fruitlet abscission; Juice quality; Water stress; Yield

Indexed keywords

CITRUS SINENSIS;

EID: 77950449010     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.2.271     Document Type: Article

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