Citrus: An overview of fruiting physiology

Ecophysiology of Tropical Tree Crops

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 111-149

  Iglesias, Domingo J ^a   Cercós, Manuel ^a   Colmenero Flores, José M ^a   Naranjo, Miguel A ^a   Ríos, Gabino ^a   Carrera, Esther ^a   Ruiz Rivero, Omar ^a   Lliso, Ignacio ^a   Morillon, Raphael ^a   Tadeo, Francisco R ^a   Talon, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

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