Girdling increases carbohydrate availability and fruit-set in citrus cultivars irrespective of parthenocarpic ability
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By F. RIVAS, Y. ERNER, E. ALÓS, M. JUAN, V. ALMELA and M. AGUSTÍ Departamento de Producción Vegetal, Cátedra de Citricultura, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Camino de Vera s/n. E-46022. Valencia, Spain Departamento de Citricultura, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Moncada, E-46113 Valencia, Spain Department of Fruit Tree Sciences. ARO, The Volcani Center, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel (e-mail: [email protected]) (Accepted 20 October 2005)
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