Containerized muskmelon transplants: Cell volume effects on pretransplant development and subsequent yield

HortScience

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 58-61

  Maynard, Elizabeth T ^a   Vavrina, Charles S ^b   Scott, W Dennis ^c,d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FMC Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cantaloupe; Cucumis melo

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 0030025452     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.31.1.58     Document Type: Article

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