Effects of chemical thinning with metamitron on fruit set, yield and fruit quality of 'Elstar'

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 884, Issue , 2010, Pages 531-536

  Lafer, G ^a  

^a Haidegg Research Centre for Fruit Growing and Viticulture   (Austria)

Author keywords

'Elstar'; Apple; Biennial bearing; Fruit quality; Fruit thinning; Malus domestica; Metamitron

Indexed keywords

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; FUSINUS AMPHIURGUS; MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 80053225784     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.884.68     Document Type: Conference Paper

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