Watermelon genetic resources in Turkey and their characteristics

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 731, Issue , 2007, Pages 433-438

  Sari, N ^a   Solmaz, I ^b   Yetisir, H ^c   Unlu, H ^c  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fruit and seed characterization; Genetic resources; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 60649083880     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.731.59     Document Type: Conference Paper

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