Babaco (Carica pentagona Heilb.): A possible crop for the greenhouse

HortScience

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 785-788

  Kempler, Chaim ^a   Kabaluk, Todd ^a  

^a SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARICA; CARICA PAPAYA; CARICA PENTAGONA;

EID: 0030457150     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.31.5.785     Document Type: Conference Paper

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