Novel watermelon breeding lines containing chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes derived from the desert species Citrullus colocynthis

HortScience

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 463-464

  Levi, Amnon ^a   Thomas, Claude E ^a   Thies, Judy A ^a   Simmons, Alvin M ^a   Ling, Kai Shu ^a   Harrison, Howard F ^a   Hassell, Richard ^b   Keinath, Anthony P ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 33645109822     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.41.2.463     Document Type: Article

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