Seasonal timing of floral initiation in strawberry: Effects of cultivar and geographic location

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-134

  Opstad, N ^a   Sonsteby A ^a   Myrheim, U ^a   Heide, O M ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Flowering; Fragaria; Photoperiod; Seasonal timing; Strawberry; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CULTIVAR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FLOWERING; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LATITUDE; NITROGEN; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

NORWAY;

FRAGARIA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 79955010056     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.03.022     Document Type: Article

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