Deficit irrigation effects on yield components of olive trees during the onset of fruit production

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 889, Issue , 2011, Pages 291-296

  Caruso, G ^a   Gucci, R ^a   Rapoport, H F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fruit number; Fruit weight; Oil content; Olea europaea L

Indexed keywords

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 80053220745     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2011.889.34     Document Type: Article

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