The role of interspecific hybridization in blueberry improvement

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 810, Issue , 2009, Pages 49-60

  Ballington, J R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backcrossing; Sectional hybridization; Vaccinium section Cyanococcus

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM; VACCINIUM DARROWII; VACCINIUM ELLIOTTII; VACCINIUM MYRSINITES; VACCINIUM PALLIDUM; VACCINIUM TENELLUM; VACCINIUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 70350055240     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.810.2     Document Type: Article

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