Combining abilities for yield and bulb quality among long- and intermediate-day open-pollinated onion populations

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 604-608

  Havey, Michael J ^a,c   Randle, William M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Department of Horticulture ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; pungency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029785067     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.121.4.604     Document Type: Article

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