Chilling accumulation effects on performance of pistachio trees cv. Mateur in dry and warm area climate

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 159, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-87

  Elloumi, Olfa ^a,b   Ghrab, Mohamed ^b   Kessentini, Hanen ^a   Ben Mimoun, Mehdi ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT DE L OLIVIER   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Dry area; Flowering; Models; Nut yield; Pistacia vera; Winter chill

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVAR; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FLOWERING; GROWTH RATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFED AGRICULTURE;

TUNISIA;

PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 84878809706     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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