Top working method and bloom density of pollinizers as productive determinant for spur type apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.) cultivars

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 642-648

  Das, Biswajit ^a   Ahmad, N ^b   Srivastava, K K ^b   Ranjan, Pragya ^a  

^a Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture   (India)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF TEMPERATE HORTICULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

Apple pollination; Bloom density; Pollinizers; Top working; Yield efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DECIDUOUS TREE; FRUIT SET; GAMETOPHYTE; ORCHARD; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SHOOT GROWTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; YIELD RESPONSE;

HIMALAYAS;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 79960389411     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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