Expression of heterosis by hybridization

Genetic Improvement of Solanaceous Crops Volume 2: Tomato

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 113-151

  Atanassova, Bistra ^a   Georgiev, Hristo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

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PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHROMOSOME PAIRING; HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOMES; LYCOPERSICON; POLLEN FERTILITY;

CHROMOSOMES;

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