Induction of seedlessness in citrus: From classical techniques to emerging biotechnological approaches

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-126

  Vardi, Aliza ^a   Levin, Ilan ^a   Carmi, Nir ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Citrus; Cytoplasmic male sterility; Mutation breeding; Parthenocarpy; Ploidy; Seedless

Indexed keywords

CITRUS;

EID: 37849005642     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.133.1.117     Document Type: Article

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