Flesh color inheritance and gene interactions among canary yellow, pale yellow, and red watermelon

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 362-368

  Bang, Haejeen ^a   Davis, Angela R ^b   Kim, Sunggil ^a,d   Leskovar, Daniel I ^a,c   King, Stephen R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Carotenoid profile; Lycopene cyclase; Molecular marker

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954912749     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.135.4.362     Document Type: Article

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