Characterization of attributes related to fruit size in pomegranate

HortScience

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 908-912

  Wetzstein, Hazel Y ^a   Zhang, Zibin ^b   Ravid, Nadav ^a   Wetzstein, Michael E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Paramount Farming Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Arils; Factor analysis; Fruit quality; Punica granatum

Indexed keywords

LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM;

EID: 79959550526     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.46.6.908     Document Type: Article

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