Fruit abscission pattern of lychee cultivars

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 665, Issue , 2005, Pages 215-218

  Mitra, S K ^a   Pereira, L S ^a   Pathak, P K ^a   Majumdar, D ^a  

^a BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

Author keywords

Aborted seeded; Abscissic acid; Normal seeded; Relative abscission rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871570274     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.665.24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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