The genes of watermelon

HortScience

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1175-1182

  Guner, Nihat ^a   Wehner, Todd C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrullus lanatus; Cucurbitaceae; Gene mutant; Morphological markers; Vegetable breeding

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SEED; VEGETATION;

GENE MUTANTS; WATERMELONS;

CROPS;

ALLELES; CHEMICAL BONDS; FARM CROPS; FRUITS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTATION; RESEARCH; SEEDS; VEGETABLES;

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 5444242630     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.39.6.1175     Document Type: Article

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