Ethephon and methyl jasmonate affect fruit detachment in rabbiteye and southern highbush blueberry

HortScience

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1745-1749

  Malladi, Anish ^a   Vashisth, Tripti ^a   Johnson, Lisa Klima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscission; Abscission agents; Harvest aid; Jasmonates; Mechanical harvesting; Plant growth regulator; Vaccinium spp

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM; VACCINIUM DARROWII; VACCINIUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 84871916203     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.47.12.1745     Document Type: Article

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