The relationship between xylem differentiation and dormancy evolution in apricot flower buds (Prunus armeniaca L.): The influence of environmental conditions in two Mediterranean areas

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 919-928

  Andreini, Lucia ^a   Viti, Raffaella ^b   Bartolini, Susanna ^a   Ruiz, David ^c   Egea, J ^c   Campoy, Jose Antonio ^c  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apricot cultivar; Chilling requirement; Dormancy; Microsporogenesis; Xylem vessels

Indexed keywords

APRICOT CULTIVAR; CHILLING REQUIREMENT; DORMANCY; MICROSPOROGENESIS; XYLEM VESSELS;

FRUITS; ORCHARDS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

PRUNUS ARMENIACA;

EID: 84860440575     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-011-0668-1     Document Type: Article

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