Evaluation of Freezing Damage in some Pistachio Seedling Rootstocks

Subject Areas : Microbiology

Maryam  Afrousheh ¹ (Pistachio Research Center, Horticultural Sciences Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Rafsanjan, Iran)
Hossein  Hokmabadi ² (Damghan Pistachio Station, Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Semnan Province (Shahrood), AREEO, Iran)
Hasan  Arab ³ (Pistachio Research Center, Horticulture Sciences Research Institute, Agriculture Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Rafsanjan, Iran)
Ali  Tajabadipour ⁴ (Pistachio Research Center, Horticulture Sciences Research Institute, Agriculture Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Rafsanjan, Iran)

Received: 2017-02-22 Accepted : 2018-05-14 Published : 2018-06-01

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