Inheritance patterns of parthenocarpic fruit development in highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.)

HortScience

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1127-1130

  Ehlenfeldt, Mark K ^a   Vorsa, Nicholi ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit set; Pollination; Seedless

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 34447647651     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.42.5.1127     Document Type: Article

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