Fruit shape, size and seed yield in Cucurbita pepo

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 510, Issue , 2000, Pages 227-230

  Nerson, Haim ^a   Paris, Harry S ^a   Paris, Effi P ^b,c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b Hebrew re'Ali High School   (Israel)

^c not available   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cucurbita pepo; Cultivar groups; Gourd; Pumpkin; Squash; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879565489     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.510.36     Document Type: Conference Paper

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