The inheritance of Parthenocarpy and associated traits in pepino

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 376-380

  Prohens, Jaime ^a   Ruiz, Juan J ^a   Nuez, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Facultative parthenocarpy; Fruit set efficiency; Parthenocarpic fruit set index; Pollination deficiencies; Solanum muricatum

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

SOLANUM; SOLANUM MURICATUM;

EID: 0031902824     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.123.3.376     Document Type: Article

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