Selection of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) in south-eastern Tunisia

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 46, 2011, Pages 9352-9361

  Mansour, Elhem ^a   Ben khaled, Abdennaceur ^a   Haddad, Mansour ^a   Abid, Mabrouka ^a   Bachar, Khouloud ^a   Ferchichi, Ali ^a  

^a Laboratory and Dry Land Crop Oasis   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Morphological characters; Punica granatum L.; Selection; South east Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; FOLIAGE; FRUIT COLOR; FRUIT MORPHOLOGY; FRUIT SIZE; FRUIT WEIGHT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT HEALTH; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT PARAMETERS; POMEGRANATE; POMEGRANATE JUICE; SEED COLOR; SEED HARDNESS; SEED MORPHOLOGY; SEED WEIGHT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TREE VIGOR; TUNISIA; VARIETAS;

LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM;

EID: 80052160234     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb10.1959     Document Type: Article

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