Variability, heritability and correlations of some factors affecting productivity in peach

Horticultural Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 79-87

  Milatovic D ^a   Nikolic D ^a   Durovic D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Flower density; Fruit set; Prunus persica; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954992748     PISSN: 0862867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/63/2009-hortsci     Document Type: Article

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