Temperature influences on the plant development of different maturity types of cauliflower

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 539, Issue , 2000, Pages 69-74

  Wurr, D C E ^a   Fellows, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea var. botrytis L.; Induction; Initiation; Juvenility; Optimum temperatures

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS;

EID: 4444360723     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.539.7     Document Type: Article

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