Fifty-five years of yield improvement for cucumber, melon, and watermelon in the United States

HortTechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-12

  Gusmini, Gabriele ^a   Wehner, Todd C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrullus lanatus; Cucumis melo; Cucumis sativus; Production; Statistical reporting; Vegetable breeding

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 37249081596     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.18.1.9     Document Type: Review

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