Seeds of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) hybrids incorporating rin, nor, or alc alleles exhibit heterosis for yield and quality traits

Journal of New Seeds

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 250-261

  Garg, Naveen ^a   Cheema, Devinder S ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alc; Ascorbic acid; Fruit number; Fruit weight; Hybrid; Nor; Rin; Tomato; Yield

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 77956398498     PISSN: 1522886X     EISSN: 15229025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1522886X.2010.499323     Document Type: Article

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