Foliar-applied urea at bloom improves early fruit growth and nitrogen status of spur leaves in pear trees, cv. Williams Bon Chretien

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 150, Issue , 2013, Pages 16-21

  Curetti, Mariela ^a   Sánchez, Enrique ^a   Tagliavini, Massimo ^b   Gioacchini, Paola ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell number; Fruit thinning; Leaf uptake; Nitrogen; Pyrus communis

Indexed keywords

FRUIT SET; GROWTH; MATURATION; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; RIPENING; THINNING; UREA;

ARGENTINA;

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 84871003577     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2012.10.022     Document Type: Article

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