Rootstock potential of Turkish Lagenaria siceraria germplasm for watermelon: Plant growth, yield and quality;Türkiye'deki Lagenaria siceraria gen kaynaklarının karpuz için anaçlık potansiyeli: Bitki gelişimi, verim ve kalite

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-177

  Karaca, Fatih ^a   Yetişir, Halit ^b   Solmaz, Ilknur ^c   Çandir, Elif ^a   Kurt, Şener ^a   Sari, Nebahat ^c   Güler, Zehra ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bottle gourd; Grafting; Quality; Yield

Indexed keywords

BOTTLES; FRUITS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); IMAGE QUALITY;

BOTTLE GOURD; CONTROL PLANTS; GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS; HIGHER PLANTS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; QUALITY PARAMETERS; SURVIVAL RATE; YIELD;

QUALITY CONTROL;

CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; FRUITING; GERMPLASM; GRAFTING; GROWTH RESPONSE; PARAMETERIZATION; ROOTSTOCK; SURVIVAL; VEGETABLE;

CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; LAGENARIA SICERARIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84858405372     PISSN: 1300011X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/tar-1101-1716     Document Type: Article

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