Plant spacing affects yield of 'Superstar' muskmelon

HortScience

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-54

  Maynard, Elizabeth T ^a   Scott, W Dennis ^b,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FMC Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cantaloupe; Cucumis melo; Plant density; Plant population; Yield density relationship

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 0031896932     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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