Floral characteristics of heat-tolerant and heat-sensitive tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) cultivars at high temperature

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-60

  Lohar, D P ^a   Peat, W E ^b  

^a Agric Res Stn (Hort) Malepatan   (Nepal)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Floral anomalies; Heat tolerant; Stigma exsertion; Tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0032510466     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(97)00056-3     Document Type: Article

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