Early growth habit and vigour parameters in olive seedlings

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 761-768

  Hammami, Sofiene B M ^a,b   León, Lorenzo ^a   Rapoport, Hava F ^b   De la Rosa, Raul ^a  

^a IFAPA CENTRO ALAMEDA DEL OBISPO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early selection; Growth habit; Lateral branch; Olea europaea; Parent genotype; Primary shoot; Vigour

Indexed keywords

AGE; CULTIVAR; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIAMETER; EVERGREEN TREE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; GROWTH; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEEDLING;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 79960400669     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.05.038     Document Type: Article

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