Budbreak Number as Selection Criterion for Breeding Apples Adapted to Mild Winter Climatic Conditions: A Review

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 663, Issue , 2004, Pages 775-782

  Labuschagne I F ^a  

^a ARC INFRUITEC NIETVOORBIJ   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Broad sense heritability; Chilling requirement; Climatic adaptation; Fruit breeding; Malus x domestica; Prolonged dormancy symptoms; Selection response; Two way selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879991596     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.663.140     Document Type: Conference Paper

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