Thinning activity and fruit quality of gala and fuji apple varieties as affected by cytokinins

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 653, Issue , 2004, Pages 107-113

  Costa, G ^a   Bucchi, F ^a   Montefiori, M ^a   Bregoli, A M ^a   Corelli Grappadelli, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abscission values fruit growth; Modeling chemical thinning; Stereology; Thinning agent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855681147     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.653.14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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