Rootstock breeding for stone fruits

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 622, Issue , 2003, Pages 531-551

  Beckman, T G ^a   Lang, G A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Almond; Apricot; Breeding; Cherry; Compatibility; Disease; Dwarfing; Fruit quality; Hardiness; Insect; Nematode; Peach; Plum; Prunus armeniaca; Prunus avium; Prunus cerasus; Prunus domestica; Prunus persica; Prunus salicina; Prunusamygdalus; Rootstock

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646203255     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.622.58     Document Type: Conference Paper

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