Cultivar and temperature effects on starch in the primary thickening meristem of onion bulbs

Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 588-593

  Ernst, M K ^a   Bufler, G ^a   Roske M ^a   Ritzkowski, M ^a   Metzger, C ^a   Liebig, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; DORMANCY; PLANT GROWTH;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 0032861792     PISSN: 14620316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14620316.1999.11511158     Document Type: Article

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