Response of melon genotypes to polyethylene and biodegradable starch-based mulching films used for fruit production in the Western Coast of Sicily

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 807, Issue , 2009, Pages 109-114

  Vetrano, F ^a   Fascella, S ^a   Iapichino, G ^a   Incalcaterra, G ^a   Girgenti, P ^b   Sutera, P ^b   Buscemi, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Assessorato Agricoltura e Foreste della Regione Sicilia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cucumis melo inodorus; Genotype response; Landrace

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865384916     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.807.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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