Early fruit growth and drop - The role of carbon balance in the apple tree

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 903, Issue , 2011, Pages 733-742

  Lakso, A N ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Apple; Environment; Fruit abscission; Malus domestica; Partitioning; Photosynthesis; Temperature

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 80053266434     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2011.903.102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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