The impact of outcrossing on yields of 'Hass' avocado

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 648-652

  Garner, Lauren C ^a,b   Ashworth, Vanessa E T M ^a,c   Clegg, Michael T ^a,c   Lovatt, Carol J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternate bearing; Bloom overlap; Microsatellites; Persea americana

Indexed keywords

PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 52949139096     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.133.5.648     Document Type: Article

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