Influences of rootstock cultivar and storage on the texture of cucumber fruits

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-53

  Sakata, Yoshiteru ^a   Horie, Hideki ^a   Ohara, Takayoshi ^a,b   Kawasaki, Yasushi ^a   Sugiyama, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bloomless; Cucumis sativus L.; Grafting; Rootstock; Storage

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA;

EID: 38749140319     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs1.77.47     Document Type: Article

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