The IRTA-HR pear scion breeding programme: Aiming for high fruit quality under warm growing conditions

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 800 PART 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 455-460

  Batlle, I ^a   Lozano, L ^a   Iglesias, I ^a   Carbo J ^a   Bonany, J ^a   White, A G ^b   Volz, R K ^b   Brewer, L R ^c  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c HR   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breeding; Controlled crosses; Cultivar; Fruit quality; Pyrus; Selection

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRUNUS PERSICA; PYRUS; PYRUS PYRIFOLIA;

EID: 71449108457     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2008.800.57     Document Type: Conference Paper

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