Quantitative genetic analysis of growth rate in avocado

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 691-696

  Chen, Haofeng ^a,b   Ashworth, Vanessa E T M ^b   Xu, Shizhong ^a   Clegg, Michael T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

'Gwen' progeny; Broad sense heritability; Flower abundance; Fruit set; Persea americana

Indexed keywords

PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 36649021584     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.132.5.691     Document Type: Article

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