Bud development and floral morphogenesis in four apple cultivars

Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 981-984

  Hoover, Emily ^a   De Silva, Nihal ^b   Mcartney, Steven ^c   Hirst, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS DOMESTICA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 9644284473     PISSN: 14620316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14620316.2004.11511877     Document Type: Article

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