Reconsideration on the origin of cultivated pears native to East Asia

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 634, Issue , 2004, Pages 175-182

  Teng, Y ^a   Tanabe, K ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

History of cultivation; Natural distribution; Nomenclature

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447093538     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.634.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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