A natural sex mutant in kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa)

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-183

  Testolin, Raffaele ^a   Messina, Rachele ^a   Lain, Orietta ^a   Cipriani, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actinidia; Dioecy; Mutation; Sex control; Sex reversal (ser) mutant

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; MUTATION; SEX REVERSAL;

ACTINIDIA; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 3242813117     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.2004.9514294     Document Type: Article

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