Effects of partial ringing and heating of trunk on shoot growth and fruit quality of peach trees

Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 301-306

  Onguso, Justus M ^a   Mizutani, Fusao ^a   Sharif Hossain, A B M ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brix; Dwarfing techniques; Partial ringing; Starch content; Total sugar; Trunk heating

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 9244232874     PISSN: 00068063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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