Breeding strategies for developing temperate fruits for the subtropics, with particular reference to prunus

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 522, Issue , 2000, Pages 235-240

  Topp, B L ^a   Sherman, W B ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding; Fruit; Low chill; Prunus; Stonefruit; Subtropics

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0345706097     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.522.26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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