Fruit Drop in Mango

Horticultural Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue , 2010, Pages 111-153

  Singh, Zora ^a   Malik, Aman Ullah ^a   Davenport, Thomas L ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic and abiotic factors influencing fruit drop; Competition for photoassimilates; Endogenous factors affecting fruit drop; Florida agriculture experiments stations; Fruit drop intensity and patterns; Fruit drop in mango; Fruit thinning, girdling and intercropping; Gibberellins; Management practices affecting fruit drop; Phytohormone control of abscission

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949561767     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470650882.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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