Evaluation of four fire blight-tolerant pear cultivars and selections for commercial pear production in Canada

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 800 PART 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 541-545

  Hunter, D M ^a   Slingerland, K C ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultivar evaluation; Disease resistance; Fire blight resistance; Pear; Pyrus

Indexed keywords

PYRUS;

EID: 71449111522     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2008.800.71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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