L-citrulline levels in watermelon cultigens tested in two environments

HortScience

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1572-1575

  Davis, Angela R ^a   Webber III , Charles L ^a   Fish, Wayne W ^a   Wehner, Todd C ^b   King, Stephen ^c   Perkins Veazie, Penelope ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Citrullus lanatus; Fruit quality; Genotype by environment; Phytonutrients

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255209680     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.46.12.1572     Document Type: Article

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