Two years of application of prohexadione-ca on apple: Effect on vegetative and cropping performance, fruit quality, return bloom and residual effect

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 653, Issue , 2004, Pages 35-40

  Costa, G ^a   Sabatini, E ^a   Spinelli, F ^a   Andreotti, C ^a   Bomben, C ^b   Vizzotto, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deoxygenase inhibitor; Fruit weight; Growth retardant; Malus domestica; Return bloom; Tree vigor; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865365504     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.653.3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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