Specialty melon cultivar evaluation under organic and conventional production in Florida

HortTechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 905-912

  Guan, Wenjing ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a   Treadwell, Danielle D ^a   Alligood, Michael R ^a   Huber, Donald J ^a   Dufault, Nicholas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucumis melo; Disease resistance; Fruit quality; Root knot nematode; Soluble solids concentration; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891843642     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.23.6.905     Document Type: Article

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