Fresh market cultivar development

The Peach: Botany, Production and Uses

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 139-174

  Okie, William R ^a   Bacon, Terry ^b   Bassi, Daniele ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b Stone Fruit Breeder   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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