Timing of the inhibitory effect of fruit on return bloom of 'Valencia' sweet orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck)

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1936-1943

  Martínez Fuentes, Amparo ^a   Mesejo, Carlos ^a   Reig, Carmina ^a   Agustí, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Citrus; Flowering; Nitrogen fractions; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; FLOWER; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SWEET ORANGE; TIME;

CITRUS SINENSIS; FLOWERS; FRUIT; MERISTEM; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; TIME FACTORS;

CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS;

EID: 77954400420     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4038     Document Type: Article

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