The cultivation of grafted melons in Greece, current status and prospects

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 579, Issue , 2002, Pages 325-330

  Koutsika Sotiriou, M ^a   Traka Mavrona, E ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cucumis melo; Cucurbita moschata; Cucurbita spp.; Grafting; Rootstock; Scion

Indexed keywords

BENINCASA HISPIDA; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; CUCURBITA MELO; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA;

EID: 75949091461     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.579.54     Document Type: Conference Paper

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