Quality and quantity of chemically-thinned and hand-thinned pear fruit (Pyrus communis L.) cv. 'conference'

European Journal of Horticultural Science

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 246-252

  Hudina, M ^a   Stampar, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

HPLC; NAA; Organic acids; Sugars; Thinning; Yield

Indexed keywords

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 84856662136     PISSN: 16114434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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