Inheritance of egusi seed type in watermelon

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 268-270

  Gusmini, G ^a   Wehner, T C ^a   Jarret, R L ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CROSS BREEDING; EGUSI SEED; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; HORTICULTURE; INHERITANCE; MUTANT; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RECESSIVE GENE; WATERMELON;

CITRULLUS; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENES, RECESSIVE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SEEDS;

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 3142743819     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esh031     Document Type: Article

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