Comparison of the effects of metamitron on chlorophyll fluorescence and fruit set in apple and peach

HortScience

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 509-514

  McArtney, Steven J ^a   Obermiller, John D ^a   Arellano, Consuelo ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate stress; Chemical fruit thinning; Electron transport rate; PSII efficiency; Quantum photosynthetic yield

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 84861315017     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.47.4.509     Document Type: Article

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