Determining the chilling requirements of four Pistachio cultivars in Semnan province (Iran)

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 55-59

  Afshari, Hossein ^a   Tajabadipour, Ali ^b   Hokmabadi, Hossein ^b   Moghadam, Mehdi Mohamadi ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Iranian Pistachio Research Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abasali cultivar; Akbari cultivar; Chilling requirement; Khanjari cultivar; Pistachio; Shahpasand cultivar

Indexed keywords

PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 78650302041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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