Relationships between spur- and orchard-level fruit bearing in almond (Prunus dulcis)

Tree Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1413-1421

  Tombesi, Sergio ^a   Lampinen, Bruce D ^b   Metcalf, Samuel ^b   Dejong, Theodore M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

alternate bearing; bearing fluctuations; fruit crops; spur viability

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DICOTYLEDON; FRUIT; ORCHARD; YIELD RESPONSE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRUNUS;

AGRICULTURE; FRUIT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRUNUS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84055199551     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpr119     Document Type: Article

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