Severe shading reduces early fruit growth in apple by Decreasing cell production and expansion

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 275-282

  Dash, Madhumita ^a   Johnson, Lisa K ^a   Malladi, Anish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell division; Fruit abscission; Fruit size; Gene expression; Thinning

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84866243171     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.137.5.275     Document Type: Article

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