Cactus pear (Opuntia spp.) germplasm conservation in South Africa

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 811, Issue , 2009, Pages 47-54

  Potgieter, J P ^a   Mashope, B K ^b  

^a Department of Agriculture: Limpopo ^*  (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Accessions; Descriptors; Evaluation criteria; Maintenance; Repository

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA; PYRUS;

EID: 70350056356     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.811.2     Document Type: Article

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