The effects of 12 and 16 hour daylength treatments on the onset of bulbing in 21 onion cultivars (Allium cepa L) and its application to screening germplasm for use in the tropics

Journal of Horticultural Science

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 981-988

  Mettananda, K A ^a   Fordham, R ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Field Crops Research and Development Institute   (Sri Lanka)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 0030671480     PISSN: 00221589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14620316.1997.11515590     Document Type: Article

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