Quality parameters of triploid watermelons

Journal of Vegetable Crop Production

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 3-14

  Motsenbocker, Carl E ^a   Picha, David H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrullus lanatus; Fruit quality; Hollow heart; Seedless watermelon; Soluble solids; Yield parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005875716     PISSN: 10496467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J068v02n02_02     Document Type: Article

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