Doubled haploid onion (allium cepa l.) lines and their impact on hybrid performance

HortScience

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1690-1695

  Hyde, Peter T ^a   Earle, Elizabeth D ^a   Mutschler, Martha A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Gynogenesis; Heterosis; Hybrid vigor; Inbred line development

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 84871855992     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.47.12.1690     Document Type: Article

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