Selection of sweet pepper (capsicum annuum L.) genotypes for parthenocarpic fruit growth

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 761, Issue , 2007, Pages 135-140

  Tiwari, Aparna ^a   Dassen, Hans ^a   Heuvelink, Ep ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cultivars; Fruit shape; Fruit size; Greenhouse; Night temperature; Seedless

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM;

EID: 61449256692     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.761.16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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