Horticultural plant breeding: Past accomplishments, future directions

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 694, Issue , 2005, Pages 61-65

  Janick, Jules ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; History of plant breeding; Pea; Pineapple; Sweet corn; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849083620     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.694.6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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