Foundations of yield improvement in watermelon

Crop Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 141-146

  Gusmini, Gabriele ^a   Wehner, Todd C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 12344280187     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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