'UF-404' - Dwarf, red caladium for container-forcing and sunny landscapes

HortScience

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1907-1910

  Deng, Zhanao ^a   Harbaugh, Brent K ^a   Peres, Natalia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Araceae; Caladium bicolor; Caladium xhortulanum; Foliage; Ornamental breeding

Indexed keywords

ARACEAE; CALADIUM; CALADIUM BICOLOR;

EID: 52449107754     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.43.6.1907     Document Type: Article

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