Influence of diploid pollinizer frequencies on triploid watermelon quality and yields

HortTechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 58-61

  Fiacchino, Dena C ^a   Walters, S Alan ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrullus lanatus; Pollination; Seedless watermelon

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 0037214699     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.13.1.0058     Document Type: Article

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