Breeding highbush blueberry cultivars adapted to machine harvest for the fresh market

HortTechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 290-294

  Olmstead, James W ^a   Finn, Chad E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

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EID: 84903792856     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.24.3.290     Document Type: Article

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