Plant growth regulators treatments modulate growth, physiology and quality characteristics of cucumis melo L. Plants

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1185-1193

  Ouzounidou, Georgia ^a   Papadopoulou, Parthena ^a   Giannakoula, Anastasia ^b   Ilias, Ilias ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 62249130872     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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