Study of botanic, agronomic characters and floral biology of African melon (Cucumis melo L. var. agrestis Naudin, Cucurbitaceae);Étude des caractéristiques botaniques, agronomiques et de la biologie florale du melon africain (Cucumis melo L. var. agrestis Naudin, Cucurbitaceae)

Biotechnology, Agronomy and Society and Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-119

  Djè, Yao ^a   Kouonon, LéOnie C ^a   Zoro Bi, ArsèNe I ^a   Gnamien, Glawdys Y ^b   Baudoin, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ NANGUI ABROGOUA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b Unité de Phytotechnie tropicale et Horticulture   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agronomic characters; Botanical characters; Cucumis melo var. agrestis; C te d

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCURBITACEAE;

EID: 70350471672     PISSN: 13706233     EISSN: 17804507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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