Apple breeding for high fruit quality and durable disease resistance

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 663, Issue , 2004, Pages 751-756

  Kellerhals, M ^a   Sauer, C ^a   Guggenbuehl, B ^a   Gantner, S ^a   Frey, B ^a   Frey, J E ^a   Patocchi, A ^b   Gessler, C ^b  

^a Swiss Federal Research Station for Fruit Growing Viticulture and Horticulture   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apple scab; Breeding; Malus sp.; Molecular marker; Powdery mildew

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248153734     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.663.136     Document Type: Conference Paper

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