Irradiation and heat affect peach pollen germination and fertility

HortScience

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 290-291

  Pooler, M R ^a,b   Scorza, R ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Haploid; Monoploid; Prunus persica

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0030863213     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.32.2.290     Document Type: Conference Paper

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