Is it possible to breed strawberry cultivars which confer firmness and sweetness'

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 567, Issue , 2002, Pages 223-226

  Yashiro, K ^a   Tomita, K ^a   Ezura, H ^b  

^a PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Akihime; European cultivars; Japanese cultivars; Soluble solids; Tochiotome

Indexed keywords

EID: 13544259510     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.567.45     Document Type: Conference Paper

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