Differences in cell number facilitate fruit size variation in rabbiteye blueberry genotypes

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-15

  Johnson, Lisa Klima ^a   Malladi, Anish ^a   Scott NeSmith, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell division; Cell expansion; Fruit development; Fruit growth; Fruit weight

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 78651475291     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.136.1.10     Document Type: Article

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