QTL analysis for growth and branching traits annually assessed along the trunk of three-year-old apple hybrids

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 814, Issue , 2009, Pages 669-674

  Segura, V ^a   Durel, C E ^b   Costes, E ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Annual shoot; Genetic determinism; Malus x domestica (Borkh.); Phenotyping; Tree architecture

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 70350116362     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.814.114     Document Type: Article

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