The genes of pumpkin and squash

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1620-1630

  Paris, Harry S ^a   Brown, Rebecca Nelson ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucurbita maxima; Cucurbita moschata; Cucurbita pepo; Cucurbitaceae; Genetics; Vegetable breeding

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CROPS; ECONOMICS; FRUITS;

CUCURBITA MAXIMA; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA; CUCURBITA PEPO; CUCURBITACEAE; VEGETABLE BREEDING;

GENES;

BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING; ECONOMICS; FARM CROPS; FRUITS; GENES; GENETICS; VEGETABLES;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA; CUCURBITA PEPO; CUCURBITACEAE;

EID: 24944432279     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.6.1620     Document Type: Article

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