Sweet onions: Breeding, market and future

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 433, Issue , 1997, Pages 105-110

  Pike, Leonard M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Flavor; Pungency

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 78650098768     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1997.433.8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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