Metrical analysis of a putative source for semi-seedlessness in rabbiteye blueberry, Vaccinium ashei reade

HortScience

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 272-274

  Ehlenfeldt, M K ^a   Hall, M R ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ovule; Parthenocarpy

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 0005754934     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.31.2.272     Document Type: Article

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