New pistachio varieties show promise for California cultivation

California Agriculture

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-23

  Kallsen, Craig E ^a   Parfitt, Dan E ^b   Maranto, Joseph ^c   Holtz, Brent A ^c  

^a UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UCCE ^*  (United States)

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Indexed keywords

PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 77954387192     PISSN: 00080845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3733/ca.v063n01p18     Document Type: Article

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