Performance of melon hybrids derived from parents of diverse geographic Origins

Euphytica

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Luan, Feishi ^a   Sheng, Yunyan ^b   Wang, Yuhan ^c   Staub, Jack E ^d,e  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEILONGJIANG AUGUST FIRST LAND RECLAMATION UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Penglai Bureau of Agriculture   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e USDA ARS Forage and Range Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Combining ability; Germplasm; Heterosis; Yield; Yield components

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 73249129738     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-009-0110-6     Document Type: Review

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