Parthenocarpy in summer squash

HortScience

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 715-717

  Robinson, R W ^a   Reiners, Stephen ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucurbita pepo; Fruit set; Pollination; Row covers; Seedless fruit

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; PARTHENOCARPY;

CUCURBITA PEPO;

EID: 0032778259     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.34.4.715     Document Type: Article

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