Peach breeding, genetics and new cultivar trends

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 713, Issue , 2006, Pages 23-48

  Sansavini, S ^a   Gamberini, A ^a   Bassi, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breeding programs; Fruit quality; MAS; Prunus persica

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 33750321336     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2006.713.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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