Genotypic differences in sweet cherry fruit size are primarily a function of cell number

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 697-703

  Olmstead, James W ^a,b   Iezzoni, Amy F ^a   Whiting, Matthew D ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell length; Prunus avium

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS AVIUM;

EID: 36648999375     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.132.5.697     Document Type: Article

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