Early orange mass 400, early orange mass 402, and late orange mass 404: High-carotene cucumber germplasm

HortScience

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 144-145

  Simon, Philipp W ^a   Navazio, John P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Alf Christianson Seed Company   (United States)

Author keywords

carotenoids; Cucumis sativus; vegetable breeding; vitamin A

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 0030916020     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.32.1.144     Document Type: Article

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