Effects of seed number, fruit removal, bourse shoot length and crop density on flowering in 'Spencer Seedless' apple

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 527, Issue , 2000, Pages 137-146

  Neilsen, John C ^a   Dennis Jr , Frank G ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternate bearing; Apetalous mutant; Flower formation; Flower induction; Malus x domestica Borkh.; Parthenocarpy

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84879439916     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.527.15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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