Generation of pink-fleshed guavas to diversify commercial production in central Mexico

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 849, Issue , 2010, Pages 333-340

  Mondragon Jacobo C ^a   Toriz Ahumada, L M ^b   Guzman Maldonado, H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Breeding; Fruit quality; Lycopene; Nutritional value; Productivity; Psidium guajava L.; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 77951474517     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.849.39     Document Type: Article

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