Gain for pickling cucumber yield and fruit shape using recurrent selection

Crop Science

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1538-1544

  Wehner, Todd C ^a   Cramer, Christopher S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 0030513978     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1996.0011183x003600060023x     Document Type: Article

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