Development of Allium aschersonianum, an israeli native species, as a new ornamental crop

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 552, Issue , 2001, Pages 171-177

  Gilad, Ziva ^a   Hovav, Einat ^b   Sandler Ziv, Dorit ^b   Kamenetsky, Rina ^b  

^a Jordan Valley Research and Development Authority   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Inflorescence; Morphogenesis; Ornamental bulbs; Propagation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250359891     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2001.552.19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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