Identification of QTLs related to sugar and organic acid composition in melon using near-isogenic lines

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 425-433

  Obando Ulloa, Javier M ^a   Eduardo, Iban ^b   Monforte, Antonio J ^b   Fernández Trujillo, J Pablo ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Consumer acceptability; Cucumis melo L.; Fruit quality; Heritability; Introgression lines; Quantitative trait loci mapping

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; FRUIT; FRUIT PRODUCTION; HERITABILITY; INTROGRESSION; ORGANIC ACID; PHENOTYPE; SUGAR;

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 67349206115     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2009.02.023     Document Type: Article

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