Spring influences on olive flowering and threshold temperatures related to reproductive structure formation

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1052-1057

  Orlandi, Fabio ^a   Sgromo, Carlo ^a   Bonofiglio, Tommaso ^a   Ruga, Luigia ^a   Romano, Bruno ^a   Fornaciari, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flowering; Olive cultivars; Pollen; Thermal requirements

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954857888     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.7.1052     Document Type: Article

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