Generation means analysis of plant architectural traits and fruit yield in melon

Plant Breeding

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 482-487

  Zalapa, J E ^a   Staub, J E ^a   McCreight, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucumis melo; Epistasis; Gene action; Primary branch number; Quantitative inheritance

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 33748698858     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2006.01273.x     Document Type: Article

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