Blueberry hybrids with complex genetic backgrounds evaluated on mineral soils: Flowering, fruit development, yield and yield components as influenced by parental species

Fruit Varieties Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-104

  Scheerens, J C ^a   Erb, W A ^b   Goulart, B L ^c   Hancock, J F ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTABILITY; CULTIVAR; FLOWERING; FRUITING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HYBRID; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; RIPENING; SIZE; SOIL; UNITED STATES; YIELD;

VACCINIUM;

EID: 0033406693     PISSN: 00913642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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