Pollen sources influence early fruit growth of southern highbush blueberry

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 625-629

  Huang, Y H ^a,b   Johnson, C E ^a,b   Lang, G A ^a,c   Sundberg, M D ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Dept of Horticulture ^*

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit development; Germplasm; Vaccinium corymbosum

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 0030776316     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.122.5.625     Document Type: Article

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