Rationale and methods for producing hybrid cucurbit seed

Journal of New Seeds

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 1-47

  Robinson, Richard W ^a  

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

Author keywords

Benincasa; Bottle gourd; Citrullus; Cucumber; Cucumis; Cucurbita; Cucurbitaceae; Growth regulators; Gynoecious; Heterosis; Inbreeding; Lagenaria; Luffa; Male sterility; Melon; Momordica; Pollination; Pumpkin; Squash; Trichosanthes; Watermelon; Winter melon

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242656722     PISSN: 1522886X     EISSN: 15229025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J153v01n03_01     Document Type: Article

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