Development of a branching index for evaluation of peach seedlings using interspecific hybrids

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 852-856

  Carrillo Mendoza, Omar ^a   Sherman, Wayne B ^a   Chaparro, José X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

P. dulcis; P. kansuensis; Peach breeding; Plant architecture; Prunus persica

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954519911     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.6.852     Document Type: Article

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